Pilot flared too late during trike landing, bounced and turned toward hangar. Attempted to stop trike with foot resulting in triple ankle fracture.
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Pilot flared too late and landed hard. Trike bounced and turned right toward a hangar. Pilot perceived hitting the hangar and put left foot down to try and stop. Ran over his foot resulting in a triple fracture of the ankle.
Late flare resulting in hard landing. Pilot error in attempting to use foot to stop moving trike.
Not deployed
Wrong input triggered incident
Triple fracture of the ankle (left foot)
June 27, 2024
08:57:00
United States
Garden Ridge, Texas
Trike
Fly Products Vertigo
Vittorazi Cosmo 300
Ozone
Roadmax
32
Age: 71, Weight: 170 lbs, PPG 2 rating, 10-50 hours experience
1.3 m/s
Light Wind (1-5 mph), Light and Variable
Morning flight window
Flared too late and landed hard. Trike bounced and turned right toward a hanger. I perceived hitting the hanger and put left foot down to try and stop. Ran over my foot and result was a triple fracture of the ankle. Moral of this, don't try being Fred Flintstone!