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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5B · Hagerstown, MD · September 6, 1997

Date
September 6, 1997 · 09:42 local
Place
Hagerstown, MD
Airport
Washington County Regional
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N74860
Reported as
Gulstm AA5B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total600 in this make and model45 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: upon landing at hgr nose wheel seized causing aircraft to skid to a stop on runway 27. On-site investigation revealed axle securing rod became separated from axle due to a lack of nut and cotter key. Nut and cotter key were not found at the scene. No failure of axle rod threads were evident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: UPON LANDING AT HGR NOSE WHEEL SEIZED CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO SKID TO A STOP ON RUNWAY 27. ON-SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED AXLE SECURING ROD BECAME SEPARATED FROM AXLE DUE TO A LACK OF NUT AND COTTER KEY. NUT AND COTTER KEY WERE NOT FOUND AT THE SCENE. NO FAILURE OF AXLE ROD THREADS WERE EVIDENT.