# Incident 19971012044809I: Cessna 210B, Talladega, AL, October 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1997, 12:00 local time
- Place: Talladega, AL
- Airport: Talladega Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5695° N, 86.0512° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALLADEGA MUNI (ASN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5695&lon=-86.0512&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9688X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9688X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210B (registry code 2073410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210B
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 250 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971012044809I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING, THE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMIED VIOLENTLY FOR A SHORT TIME, THEN THE NOSE WHEEL FORK BROKE ABOUT THREE INCHES BELOW THE STRUT AND COLLAPSED. HOWEVER, THE NOSE WHEEL SCISSORS WAS NOT BROKEN, AND THE NOSE WHEEL FORK HAD BROKEN FRONT TO BACK EVENLY. WITNESS LEROY SEARS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

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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