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| Date: | Friday 28 March 2025 |
| Time: | 14:20 LT |
| Type: |  Vans RV-12 |
| Owner/operator: | DGPS Wings LLC |
| Registration: | N4754 |
| MSN: | 120531 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2017 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 236 hours |
| Engine model: | ROTAX 912ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chesterfield County Airport (FCI/KFCI), Chesterfield, VA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chesterfield, VA |
| Chesterfield, VA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings in the airport traffic pattern and reported that he was slightly high on final approach and added power to reach the runway threshold. As he began the flare, a gust of wind struck the airplane and it yawed to the right. He applied left rudder to correct, but the descent rate remained high, and the airplane touched down hard on the right main landing gear and bounced. After regaining control, he completed the landing. During the landing rollout, he described feeling a vibration and hearing a scraping noise, which led him to believe the nose landing gear had collapsed. The airplane subsequently came to reset and a postimpact fire ignited inside the engine cowling. Airport personnel extinguished the fire shortly thereafter. The airplane's fuselage was substantially damaged during the accident sequence. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane's flight controls that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and the collapse of the nose landing gear.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA25LA191
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N4754
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N4754
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-May-2025 22:05 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 11-Jun-2025 10:08 | ASN | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Oct-2025 09:33 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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