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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tmpson Naviona · Sidney, OH · September 3, 1996

Date: September 3, 1996 · 17:45 local
Place: Sidney, OH
Airport: Sidney Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: CFNFV
Reported as: Tmpson Naviona
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,600 total3,000 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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: a canadian registered aircraft was being flown to piqua, Ohio for propeller maintenance. During an approach to piqua, Ohio (I17) an unsafe nose gear indication was discovered. The pilot diverted to Sidney, Ohio (I12), landed in the grass, with the nose gear folding on landing. Damage to the aircraft was limited to the propeller, front of the engine cowling and nose gear. Maintenance personnel found the nose landing gear actuator rod bent and a bent bungee that holds tension on the nose landing gear. After replacing of the propeller and ensuring the nose landing gear was locked down, the aircraft was flown back to home base in Canada for further repairs.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: A CANADIAN REGISTERED AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN TO PIQUA, OHIO FOR PROPELLER MAINTENANCE. DURING AN APPROACH TO PIQUA, OHIO (I17) AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION WAS DISCOVERED. THE PILOT DIVERTED TO SIDNEY, OHIO (I12), LANDED IN THE GRASS, WITH THE NOSE GEAR FOLDING ON LANDING. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, FRONT OF THE ENGINE COWLING AND NOSE GEAR. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR ROD BENT AND A BENT BUNGEE THAT HOLDS TENSION ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. AFTER REPLACING OF THE PROPELLER AND ENSURING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS LOCKED DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BACK TO HOME BASE IN CANADA FOR FURTHER REPAIRS.