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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tmpson NAVION B · Missoula, MT · June 12, 1996

Date: June 12, 1996 · 12:15 local
Place: Missoula, MT
Airport: Missoula International Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N30D
Reported as: Tmpson Navionb
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total2,000 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N30DRegistered now · Ryan NAVION BS/N NAV-4-2183B Airframe modelRyan NAVION B Engine modelLycoming GO-435C&D seriesReciprocating

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: the PIC stated that he had 3 green lights on final indicating gear down and locked. Upon landing, the nose wheel gear collapsed causing damage to the propeller. An inspection by a certificated mechanic and an FAA aviation safety inspector revealed that the landing gear had been improperly rigged and maintained. This was the cause of the nose landing gear failure. This report is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PIC STATED THAT HE HAD 3 GREEN LIGHTS ON FINAL INDICATING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON LANDING, THE NOSE WHEEL GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. AN INSPECTION BY A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC AND AN FAA AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY RIGGED AND MAINTAINED. THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILURE. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.