ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287308
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| Date: | Thursday 18 October 2012 |
| Time: | 10:40 LT |
| Type: |  SkyStar Kitfox Series 7 |
| Owner/operator: | Shannon Kevin J |
| Registration: | N555HT |
| MSN: | S60111-076 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 790 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Plymouth, Massachusetts -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Plymouth Municipal Airport, MA (KPYM) |
| Plymouth Municipal Airport, MA (KPYM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that during the final approach he increased the airplane's airspeed from 65 to 70 mph to compensate for light windshear. Upon touchdown, the airplane bounced twice, and the pilot increased engine power slightly to allow the airplane to settle on the main landing gear. After it settled, the nose landing gear collapsed, substantially damaging the firewall. The airplane came to rest upright on the runway. The pilot surmised that the second bounce must have separated the nose landing gear. A witness to the accident, who was a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, stated that the nose landing gear touched down first, followed by bounces with two or three more nosegear touchdowns, before the nose landing gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest. The recorded wind at the airport about the time of the accident indicated a left crosswind at 8 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper landing flare and subsequent inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA13CA047
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 July 2018 | N555HT | Private | 0 | Lowville, NY | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 09:33 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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