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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Homer, AK · May 4, 1996

Date: May 4, 1996 · 13:44 local
Place: Homer, AK
Airport: Homer Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9411T
Reported as: Piper PA38112
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,600 total500 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N9411TRegistered now · Piper PA-38-112S/N 38-78A0099 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 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: pilot stated that after landing he was taxiing very slow to exit runway when nose wheel folded over. Nose wheel strut and engine mount are an integral part. There is an a.d. on this and can be inspected by a dye penetrate every 100 hours, and was complied with. Mr. Adair was leaving on vacation the day after the mishap and didn't return to Alaska until 8/01/96. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING HE WAS TAXIING VERY SLOW TO EXIT RUNWAY WHEN NOSE WHEEL FOLDED OVER. NOSE WHEEL STRUT AND ENGINE MOUNT ARE AN INTEGRAL PART. THERE IS AN A.D. ON THIS AND CAN BE INSPECTED BY A DYE PENETRATE EVERY 100 HOURS, AND WAS COMPLIED WITH. MR. ADAIR WAS LEAVING ON VACATION THE DAY AFTER THE MISHAP AND DIDN'T RETURN TO ALASKA UNTIL 8/01/96. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^