What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot stated that they got to the plane, conducted preflight, checked weather through foreflight. The sky was clear; it was a beautiful day with nothing notable beside a little wind. Start, warmup, runup and takeoff from dkk was uneventful. Took off via runway 26, no problem, headed toward Monroe County. Experienced turbulence below 6,000', so he elected to climb above. This armature-built aircraft is in phase 1 of testing. At altitude the maneuvers were going great, engine was good, overall, it was flying beautifully. The pilot then decided to go to mnv for short field landings. Coming down to land on approach, pilot stated that he touched down left of the center line, landing nose high, some due to design, and some due to full flaps for the short field maneuver which resulted in a little higher nose. This resulted in the pilot not being able to see the runway straight ahead but could see off to side. During the roll out suddenly, the aircraft began bouncing as if it was on a rough surface. The pilot decided to do a go around, however at that moment the aircraft came to a stop. The pilot and passenger got out of the plane noting it was on its belly with damaged landing gear, prop, and frame. No injuries were reported. Pilot stated that upon landing left of center that he drifted off the runway onto the sod which resulted in the accident.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT STATED THAT THEY GOT TO THE PLANE, CONDUCTED PREFLIGHT, CHECKED WEATHER THROUGH FOREFLIGHT. THE SKY WAS CLEAR; IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY WITH NOTHING NOTABLE BESIDE A LITTLE WIND. START, WARMUP, RUNUP AND TAKEOFF FROM DKK WAS UNEVENTFUL. TOOK OFF VIA RUNWAY 26, NO PROBLEM, HEADED TOWARD MONROE COUNTY. EXPERIENCED TURBULENCE BELOW 6,000', SO HE ELECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE. THIS ARMATURE-BUILT AIRCRAFT IS IN PHASE 1 OF TESTING. AT ALTITUDE THE MANEUVERS WERE GOING GREAT, ENGINE WAS GOOD, OVERALL, IT WAS FLYING BEAUTIFULLY. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED TO GO TO MNV FOR SHORT FIELD LANDINGS. COMING DOWN TO LAND ON APPROACH, PILOT STATED THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE, LANDING NOSE HIGH, SOME DUE TO DESIGN, AND SOME DUE TO FULL FLAPS FOR THE SHORT FIELD MANEUVER WHICH RESULTED IN A LITTLE HIGHER NOSE. THIS RESULTED IN THE PILOT NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE RUNWAY STRAIGHT AHEAD BUT COULD SEE OFF TO SIDE. DURING THE ROLL OUT SUDDENLY, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN BOUNCING AS IF IT WAS ON A ROUGH SURFACE. THE PILOT DECIDED TO DO A GO AROUND, HOWEVER AT THAT MOMENT THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER GOT OUT OF THE PLANE NOTING IT WAS ON ITS BELLY WITH DAMAGED LANDING GEAR, PROP, AND FRAME. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. PILOT STATED THAT UPON LANDING LEFT OF CENTER THAT HE DRIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE SOD WHICH RESULTED IN THE ACCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.