# Incident 19990709022189I: Socata TB20TRINIDAD, Van Nuys, CA, July 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1999, 20:25 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501LF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N501LF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB20TRINIDAD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990709022189I

## Narrative

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

(FROM -23) DURING APPROACH TO LAND PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND DID NOT GET THREE GREEN LIGHTS.  RECYCLED GEAR TWELVE TIMES AND FLEW BY TOWER THREE TIMES BUT NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT A APPEAR DOWN AND LOCKED.  PILOT MADE THREE TOUCH AND GOES TRYING TO GET NOSE GEAR TO LOCK.  PILOT THEN LANDED AT VNY RUNWAY 16R WHERE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT SLID OFF RUNWAY.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ROD END BEARING BROKEN DUE TO METAL FATIGUE.

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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