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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lkheed T-33A · Romeoville, IL · April 15, 1998

Date
April 15, 1998 · 11:00 local
Place
Romeoville, IL
Airport
Lewis University Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9127
Reported as
Lkheed T33A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,650 total

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.

(-5)Nose baggage cargo consisting of a wooden wheel chock shifted during flight and jammed the nose landing gear mechanism. The nose landing gear could not be extended. The aircraft was landed on the main gear only. The aircraft sustained only minor damage to some nose skin and nose landing gear doors.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)NOSE BAGGAGE CARGO CONSISTING OF A WOODEN WHEEL CHOCK SHIFTED DURING FLIGHT AND JAMMED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR MECHANISM. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ON THE MAIN GEAR ONLY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO SOME NOSE SKIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS.