# Incident 19911106057859I: Airspc 18AAIRSPC, Paducah, KY, November 6, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 1991, 10:45 local time
- Place: Paducah, KY
- Airport: Farrington Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0709° N, 88.6445° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paducah, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0709&lon=-88.6445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N902AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N902AS-1993-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air & Space America 18A (registry code 0440104, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-space-america-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRSPC 18AAIRSPC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911106057859I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING TAKEOFF NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED RUNWAY AFTER AIRCRAFT HAD BECOME AIRBORNE. NOSE WHEEL STRUT ASSEMBLY DAMAGED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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