Remos G 3/600 N201RQ

Summary

On 9 March 2016 at about 23:05 local time, a Remos G 3/600 registered N201RQ, operated by Donald LEE, was involved in an accident near Chesapeake, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 March 2016 at 23:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Chesapeake, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Lawrence County Airpark (HTW)

Coordinates

38.4192, -82.4944

Aircraft

Remos G 3/600

Registration

N201RQ

Category

Airplane

Year built

2007

Engines

1

Operator

Donald LEE

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chesapeake/Huntington Wva → Chesapeake/Huntington Wva

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA16CA148

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's unstable approach, which resulted in excessive airspeed during the touchdown, subsequent bounced landing, collapsed nose landing gear, and a runway excursion.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, during final approach, his airspeed was too fast. He reported that he decided to extend the landing flare in ground effect in order to bleed off the excess airspeed. As the airplane's main landing gear touched down on the runway, the airplane bounced. The pilot reported that when the airplane settled back on the runway, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane exited the runway to the left. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall and the composite fuselage floorboard. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or anomalies with the airplane prior to or during the flight that would have prevented normal flight operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.