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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pipistrel D O O ALPHA TRAINER · Mcgregor, TX · September 26, 2025

Date
September 26, 2025 · 13:00 local
Place
Mcgregor, TX
Airport
Mcgregor
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1250L
Reported as
Pipistrel D O O Alpha Trainer
Reported engine
ROTAX 912UL2
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
220 total221 in this make and model17 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.

Pic/cfi stated that they were flying a standard traffic pattern at pwg. When abeam the numbers the aircraft was at 70KTS with #1 position flaps. On final approach to runway 17 the aircraft was at 60KTS with #2 position flaps. The aircraft was a little left of centerline and fast into the flare. The aircraft touched down on all three wheels. The student's immediate reaction was to pull back on the controls. The CFI pushed forward on the controls to counter the student pilots actions. The aircraft bounced four times. The propellor struck the runway on the second bounce. On the third bounce the nose struck the runway, the gear snapped, and aircraft bounced back into the air. On the fourth bounce the aircraft nose tire assembly broke off, the prop snapped and remained stationary, and the aircraft slid approximately 200 feet to a stop on the edge of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PIC/CFI STATED THAT THEY WERE FLYING A STANDARD TRAFFIC PATTERN AT PWG. WHEN ABEAM THE NUMBERS THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 70KTS WITH #1 POSITION FLAPS. ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 60KTS WITH #2 POSITION FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS A LITTLE LEFT OF CENTERLINE AND FAST INTO THE FLARE. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON ALL THREE WHEELS. THE STUDENT'S IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS TO PULL BACK ON THE CONTROLS. THE CFI PUSHED FORWARD ON THE CONTROLS TO COUNTER THE STUDENT PILOTS ACTIONS. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED FOUR TIMES. THE PROPELLOR STRUCK THE RUNWAY ON THE SECOND BOUNCE. ON THE THIRD BOUNCE THE NOSE STRUCK THE RUNWAY, THE GEAR SNAPPED, AND AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. ON THE FOURTH BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT NOSE TIRE ASSEMBLY BROKE OFF, THE PROP SNAPPED AND REMAINED STATIONARY, AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET TO A STOP ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.