19951115040629I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA60601P · Lynchburg, VA · November 15, 1995

Date: November 15, 1995 · 20:05 local
Place: Lynchburg, VA
Airport: Lynchburg Municipal-Preston Glenn
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N13LH
Reported as: Piper PA60601P
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,200 total1,500 in this make and model85 in the last 90 days

N13LHRegistration cancelled Jul 27, 2021 · Smith AEROSTAR 601PS/N 61P-0228-031 · Built 1976 Airframe modelSmith AEROSTAR 601P

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.

Narrative: nose gear collapsed during landing roll-out, due to total loss of hydraulic fluid. Nose of aircraft and all blades on both propellers hit the runway. Nose gear doors were badly damaged. Lower nose skin around gear well was abraded, exposing frames. Propeller blade tips were bent back approximately three inches. Source of leak was later determined to be a failed flare, on the hydraulic pressure line from the hydraulic pump to the pressure regulator, under the rear baggage compartment floor.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT, DUE TO TOTAL LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. NOSE OF AIRCRAFT AND ALL BLADES ON BOTH PROPELLERS HIT THE RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE BADLY DAMAGED. LOWER NOSE SKIN AROUND GEAR WELL WAS ABRADED, EXPOSING FRAMES. PROPELLER BLADE TIPS WERE BENT BACK APPROXIMATELY THREE INCHES. SOURCE OF LEAK WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE A FAILED FLARE, ON THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LINE FROM THE HYDRAULIC PUMP TO THE PRESSURE REGULATOR, UNDER THE REAR BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT FLOOR.