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FAA incident report · Rkwell NA-265-60 · Monroe, NC · August 20, 1996

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Date
August 20, 1996 · 11:01 local
Place
Monroe, NC
Airport
Monroe Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1JX
Reported as
Rkwell NA26560
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT12A6
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
22,000 total3,000 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days
N1JXRegistration cancelled Jan 11, 2018 · North American NA-265-60S/N 306-61 · Built 1970Airframe modelNorth American NA-265-60Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT12A-6 6ATurbo-jet

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: aircraft N1JX, a north American sabreliner, made a normal approach and landing at the Monroe Airport, north carolina. During the landing roll the pilot felt a scrubbing of the nose wheel. After rolling to a stop the pilot discovered the nosewheel turned 90 degrees to the direction of travel. An airworthiness inspector assessed the aircraft damage and determined that the damage was minor and was limited to the nose gear strut, wheel, and scissors assembly. The locking bolt was missing from the nose gear scissors which allowed the nose gear to swivel. The pilot stated that he had made a normal landing and subsequent departure at teterboro airport, and the aircraft had not been towed at teterboro. This incident was caused by the absence of the nose gear locking pin which apparently fell out prior to landing, allowing the nose wheel to rotate 90 degrees. Security of the nose wheel scissors locking pin is a normal preflight item and attention to preflight regimen should prevent similar occurrences.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT N1JX, A NORTH AMERICAN SABRELINER, MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING AT THE MONROE AIRPORT, NORTH CAROLINA. DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE PILOT FELT A SCRUBBING OF THE NOSE WHEEL. AFTER ROLLING TO A STOP THE PILOT DISCOVERED THE NOSEWHEEL TURNED 90 DEGREES TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR ASSESSED THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE GEAR STRUT, WHEEL, AND SCISSORS ASSEMBLY. THE LOCKING BOLT WAS MISSING FROM THE NOSE GEAR SCISSORS WHICH ALLOWED THE NOSE GEAR TO SWIVEL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD MADE A NORMAL LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT DEPARTURE AT TETERBORO AIRPORT, AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT BEEN TOWED AT TETERBORO. THIS INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE ABSENCE OF THE NOSE GEAR LOCKING PIN WHICH APPARENTLY FELL OUT PRIOR TO LANDING, ALLOWING THE NOSE WHEEL TO ROTATE 90 DEGREES. SECURITY OF THE NOSE WHEEL SCISSORS LOCKING PIN IS A NORMAL PREFLIGHT ITEM AND ATTENTION TO PREFLIGHT REGIMEN SHOULD PREVENT SIMILAR OCCURRENCES.