# Incident 19970305006729I: Wthrly 201, Las Vegas, NV, March 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1997, 11:40 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114BB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: WTHRLY 201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A3B6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970305006729I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED, AFTER TOUCH DOWN AND DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR (GREEN) DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION LIGHT WAS ON. THE PASSENGER STATED, THE LANDING APPEARED TO BE NORMAL THROUGH TOUCHDOWN AND INITIAL ROLLOUT. AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS, THE NOSE DROPPED AND THE PROP HIT THE RUNWAY. APPARENTLY THE NOSE GEAR HAD COLLAPSED. HE STATED, HE NOTED NO UNUSUAL INDICATIONS BEFORE THE NOSE DROPPED. AT START OF THE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FLAPS HAD RECEIVED NO DAMAGE AND THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. WITH THE AIRCRAFT ON JACKS, THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET, ELECTRICAL POWER APPLIED AND THE LEFT GEAR WENT TO DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTROL RODS (P/N 560244-5001) WERE BENT, (ENABLING THE ADJUSTABLE TABS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM CUTOUT/DOWN AND LOCK SWITCH) AND THE NOSE GEAR TRUST RETRACT ASSEMBLY (PN540016-507) CONTROL ROD ATTACH POINT RODS WERE BROKEN. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTROL RODS WERE REMOVED, STRAIGHTENED AND TEMPORARILY RE-INSTALLED AND THE GEAR SYSTEM WORKED NORMAL. THIS INCIDENT IS BEING FURTHER INVESTIGATED BY OPERATIONS FOR POSSIBLE IMPROPER OPERATING PROCEDURES.

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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