20251018016689I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · TL Ultralight Sro STINGSPORT · Louisville, KY · October 18, 2025

Date
October 18, 2025 · 13:08 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Airport
Bowman Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N272N
Reported as
TL Ultralight Sro Stingsport
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
753 total

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.

Upon landing, as the nose wheel touched down, the aircraft veered to the left. The pilot applied right brake to correct. He then taxied and took off again. Upon landing the second time, it veered to the left. The pilot applied right brake and the aircraft steered hard right onto the taxiway, at which time the nose gear broke off below the attach point at the bottom of the engine. The propeller impacted the taxiway when the nose gear seperated from the aircraft. There was no damage to property and minor damage to the aircraft. There was no post impact fire or injuries.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING, AS THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT BRAKE TO CORRECT. HE THEN TAXIED AND TOOK OFF AGAIN. UPON LANDING THE SECOND TIME, IT VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT BRAKE AND THE AIRCRAFT STEERED HARD RIGHT ONTO THE TAXIWAY, AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF BELOW THE ATTACH POINT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE. THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE TAXIWAY WHEN THE NOSE GEAR SEPERATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO POST IMPACT FIRE OR INJURIES.