What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On may 7, 2026, privacy data omitted, a LSA-8X, was flown from falmouth air park (5B6) to cape cod gateway airport (khya). The weather was visual meteorological conditions (VMC) with a wind from approximately 220 degrees at 11 knots reported at khya. The aircraft came in to land on runway 24. According to the pilot-in-command (PIC), everything looked normal until touchdown when the aircraft bounced and then began to porpoise. The PIC stated that she ground looped the aircraft and the aircraft fell over on its nose. The aircraft came to rest upside down on the right-hand edge of runway 24 approximately 1200 feet down the runway.
The damages observed were as follows:
• The leading edges on the right and left wing had impact dents. The dents were approximately an inch and had scrap marks moving backwards on the top of the wing.
• Top of the vertical stabilator had crush damage from the leading edge to the trailing edge as well as the top of the rudder.
• The windshield was broken on the pilot’s side. The glass was broken from the top of the windshield to approximately 3 inches from the bottom with a width of approximately 2 inches.
• The propeller blades were broken consistent with a ground strike. The blade tips were sheared off less than ½ inch. There were scoring marks starting from where the tip was to approximately one inch inward on the bottom of the blade.
• The engine mount showed signs of overstress and impact damage. There was hardware bent and rubber cushions displaced from the mounts.
• The right main landing gear strut pushed up through the floorboard skin in the center fuselage.
The continuity of the flight and engine controls were determined to be complete. There was also no evidence of damage to the engine firewall and there was no sign of wing warping or skin wrinkling on the left/right wing, fuselage, or tail.
As the FAA filed it
ON MAY 7, 2026, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A LSA-8X, WAS FLOWN FROM FALMOUTH AIR PARK (5B6) TO CAPE COD GATEWAY AIRPORT (KHYA). THE WEATHER WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) WITH A WIND FROM APPROXIMATELY 220 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS REPORTED AT KHYA. THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 24. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC), EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL UNTIL TOUCHDOWN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THEN BEGAN TO PORPOISE. THE PIC STATED THAT SHE GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT FELL OVER ON ITS NOSE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN ON THE RIGHT-HAND EDGE OF RUNWAY 24 APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY.
THE DAMAGES OBSERVED WERE AS FOLLOWS:
• THE LEADING EDGES ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT WING HAD IMPACT DENTS. THE DENTS WERE APPROXIMATELY AN INCH AND HAD SCRAP MARKS MOVING BACKWARDS ON THE TOP OF THE WING.
• TOP OF THE VERTICAL STABILATOR HAD CRUSH DAMAGE FROM THE LEADING EDGE TO THE TRAILING EDGE AS WELL AS THE TOP OF THE RUDDER.
• THE WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN ON THE PILOT’S SIDE. THE GLASS WAS BROKEN FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD TO APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM WITH A WIDTH OF APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES.
• THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BROKEN CONSISTENT WITH A GROUND STRIKE. THE BLADE TIPS WERE SHEARED OFF LESS THAN ½ INCH. THERE WERE SCORING MARKS STARTING FROM WHERE THE TIP WAS TO APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH INWARD ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BLADE.
• THE ENGINE MOUNT SHOWED SIGNS OF OVERSTRESS AND IMPACT DAMAGE. THERE WAS HARDWARE BENT AND RUBBER CUSHIONS DISPLACED FROM THE MOUNTS.
• THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT PUSHED UP THROUGH THE FLOORBOARD SKIN IN THE CENTER FUSELAGE.
THE CONTINUITY OF THE FLIGHT AND ENGINE CONTROLS WERE DETERMINED TO BE COMPLETE. THERE WAS ALSO NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE FIREWALL AND THERE WAS NO SIGN OF WING WARPING OR SKIN WRINKLING ON THE LEFT/RIGHT WING, FUSELAGE, OR TAIL.
NTSB investigation
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