19951216044269I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Lancair · Chico, CA · December 16, 1995

Date: December 16, 1995 · 13:33 local
Place: Chico, CA
Airport: Chico Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N29EK
Reported as: Amtr Lancair
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total21 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N29EKRegistered now · Knox Edgar G LANCAIR 235/290S/N 80 Airframe modelKnox Edgar G LANCAIR 235/290 Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series4 cycle

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:1. On landing nose landing gear collapsed. 2. Bottom of cowling, propeller spinner and propeller damage 3. Found that spring cylinder that holds tension on nose landing gear in the down position was not holding. This lack of hold down pressure allowed nose gear to collapse on landing. 4. No pilot deviations. 5. No nemac.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE:1. ON LANDING NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. 2. BOTTOM OF COWLING, PROPELLER SPINNER AND PROPELLER DAMAGE 3. FOUND THAT SPRING CYLINDER THAT HOLDS TENSION ON NOSE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION WAS NOT HOLDING. THIS LACK OF HOLD DOWN PRESSURE ALLOWED NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE ON LANDING. 4. NO PILOT DEVIATIONS. 5. NO NEMAC.

Other reports on N29EK · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20020302008469ITakeoff Ground Roll · Chico, CA(-23) Pilot in command stated he lost control of acft during takeoff roll causing aircraft to veer off runway causing minor damage to both the right MLG, and leading edge of right wing. Damage considered minor and investigation determined an incident.Mar 2, 2002 · Minor damage