19811217085329I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ayres 600RKWELL* · Bethany, OK · December 17, 1981

Date
December 17, 1981 · 17:30 local
Place
Bethany, OK
Airport
Wiley Post
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N600GA
Reported as
Ayres 600RKWELL*
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT15D1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,600 total60 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Nose gear door came in contact with wheel steering actuator. Jammed nose gear partially down. Damage radomed gear.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR DOOR CAME IN CONTACT WITH WHEEL STEERING ACTUATOR. JAMMED NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY DOWN. DAMAGE RADOMED GEAR.