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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tomark Aero CZ Sro VIPER SD-4 · Creve Coeur, MO · September 12, 2025

Date
September 12, 2025 · 09:04 local
Place
Creve Coeur, MO
Airport
Creve Coeur
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N447EA
Reported as
Tomark Aero CZ Sro Viper SD-4
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total8 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

A student pilot, on solo flight, was practicing take off and landings. During the flare to land, the aircraft began to porpoise resulting in a hard landing. The aircraft nose wheel struck the ground & sheered off, causing the prop to strike the surface. The aircraft came to rest.

As the FAA filed it

A STUDENT PILOT, ON SOLO FLIGHT, WAS PRACTICING TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS. DURING THE FLARE TO LAND, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL STRUCK THE GROUND & SHEERED OFF, CAUSING THE PROP TO STRIKE THE SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST.