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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr SEQUOIA 300 · Gastonia, NC · November 8, 1997

Date: November 8, 1997 · 09:20 local
Place: Gastonia, NC
Airport: Gastonia
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N11BH
Reported as: Amtr SEQUOIA300
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,500 total25 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N11BHRegistered now · Harbold Norris Brown SEQUOIA 300S/N 27 · Built 1996 Airframe modelHarbold Norris Brown SEQUOIA 300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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: pilot had done aircraft maintenance on the engine, and while flying in the traffic pattern got an unsafe gear indication on the nose gear. Fly-bys indicate that the gear appeared down. Upon touchdown, nose gear collapsed causing minor damage to the underside of the nose cowl and the prop. There were no injuries. Airworthiness inspector r. schilling, of the charlotte office looked over the aircraft to confirm that the damage was minor.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT HAD DONE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ON THE ENGINE, AND WHILE FLYING IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN GOT AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION ON THE NOSE GEAR. FLY-BYS INDICATE THAT THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN. UPON TOUCHDOWN, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE NOSE COWL AND THE PROP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR R. SCHILLING, OF THE CHARLOTTE OFFICE LOOKED OVER THE AIRCRAFT TO CONFIRM THAT THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR.