# Incident 19960821028039I: Amtr PT2, Morgantown, WV, August 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Morgantown, WV
- Airport: Morgantown Municipal-Walter L Bill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6375° N, 79.9469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgantown, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6375&lon=-79.9469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N635V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N635V-2007-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Holden John/Holden Dale PT2 (registry code 05628VY, https://openairdocs.org/model/holden-john-holden-dale-pt2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PT2
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,420 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960821028039I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO SHIMMY AND THEN COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER BREAKING THE WOODEN PROPELLER AND CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SUDDENLY STOP. PRIOR TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE THE AIRSPEED INSTRUMENT INDICATED 25 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE LOWER COWLING WHILE STILL ON THE RUNWAY WITHOUT CAUSING INJURY TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AMATEUR-BUILT BY JOHN AND DALE HOLDEN FROM A KIT AND WAS ON ITS MAIDEN FLIGHT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR IS A SOLID TUBE WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY A WELDED TUBE ENGINE MOUNT. THE ENGINE MOUNT FAILED ALLOWING THE SOLID TUBE TO FOLD UNDER AND AFT. THE ENGINE MOUNT DOES NOT APPEAR TO POSSES SUFFICIENT RIGIDITY FOR SUPPORTING A NOSE LANDING GEAR WITHOUT A STRUT TO ABSORB SHOCK LOADS. IT ALSO LACKS A SHIMMY DAMPENING DEVICE. THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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