# Incident 19950314006839I: Amtrsb EXPLORER, Houston, TX, March 14, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1995, 14:08 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N376LC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N376LC-2013-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wilson Dean EXPLORER II (registry code 05624R2, https://openairdocs.org/model/wilson-dean-explorer-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSB EXPLORER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 115 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950314006839I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: 1) N376LC WAS TAXIING TOWARD THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 17 (RIGHT) WITH THE STATED INTENTION OF DEPARTING VFR DIRECT TO NEW IBERIA, LA. 2) WHEN TURNING RIGHT INTO A DESIGNATED RUN-UP AREA THE PILOT TAXIED OVER WHAT APPEARED TO BE STANDING WATER ON THE PREPARED SURFACE. THE PERCEIVED 'WATER' WAS REVEALED AS A HOLE IN THE PAVED SURFACE WITH A SOFT BOTTOM OF MUD. 3) WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL ENTERED THE HOLE IT SUNK UP TO APPROXIMATELY THE CENTER LINE OR THE WHEEL AND MADE ABRUPT CONTACT WITH THE EDGE OF THE HOLE AND THE HARD SURFACE OF THE RUN-UP AREA. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FORK WITH THE ASSOCIATED WHEEL AND TIRE BROKE OFF AT THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SHOCK STRUT. 4) SUBSEQUENT FROM SEPARATING FROM THE NOSE STRUT THE FORK, WHEEL, AND TIRE BOUNCED OFF THE HULL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET FROM THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE 1 O'CLOCK POSITION. 5) AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THIS REPORT HAS BEEN DETERMINED. END

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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