# Incident 19990315019009I: Tmpson NAVIONH, Red Wing, MN, March 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1999, 11:00 local time
- Place: Red Wing, MN
- Airport: Red Wing Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5894° N, 92.4850° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RED WING RGNL (RGK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5894&lon=-92.4850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2549T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2549T-2018-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION H (registry code 6150122, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVIONH
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 248 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990315019009I

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING AT RED WING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (RGK) THE NOSE TIRE FORK BROKE IN HALF AND DEPARTED AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN NOSE STRUT COLLAPSING. NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  PRIOR TO INCIDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY. ON FEBRUARY 25, 1999 AIRCRAFT BLEW A LEFT MAIN TIRE ON LANDING WATERLOO WI AND PILOT STATED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY INTENSIFIED.  THE PILOT HAD AN IA INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT AT WATERLOO AND NO PROBLEMS WERE NOTED.  ON DAY OF INCIDENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN TO RGK TO HAVE A MORE THOROUGH INSPECTION AND REPAIR OF THE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY.  INSPECTION OF THE NOSE TIRE FORK ATTACH POINT AND REVEALED EVIDENCE OF WEAR MARKS FROM TWO OF THE FOUR BOLTS HOLDING THE FORK ON THE NOSE STRUT.  PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N2549T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20171005011759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171005011759I), Oct 5, 2017: Navion NAVION H (N2549T), Bellingham, WA, Minor damage. After being cleared for the left base approach for runway 16, the aircraft engine started to sputter and loose power. The PIC took the required actions to…

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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