# Incident 19960820028789I: Rkwell NA26560, Monroe, NC, August 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1996, 11:01 local time
- Place: Monroe, NC
- Airport: Monroe Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9854° N, 80.5495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monroe, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9854&lon=-80.5495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1JX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1JX-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NA-265-60 (registry code 6402612, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-na-265-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT12A-6 6A (registry code 52042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt12a-6-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL NA26560
- Reported engine: PWA JT12A6
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960820028789I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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