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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Namer T-28B · Watsonville, CA · May 26, 1991

Date: May 26, 1991 · 17:08 local
Place: Watsonville, CA
Airport: Watsonville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N137NA
Reported as: Namer T28B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 35 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

N137NARegistered now · North American T-28BS/N 137663 Airframe modelNorth American T-28B Engine modelLycoming R-1820 seriesReciprocating

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 shimmied then collapsed on takeoff. Veered right. Nose gear steering rod was bent.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR SHIMMIED THEN COLLAPSED ON TAKEOFF. VEERED RIGHT. NOSE GEAR STEERING ROD WAS BENT.