19990905031279I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr LANCAIR320 · Redmond, OR · September 5, 1999

Date: September 5, 1999 · 07:25 local
Place: Redmond, OR
Airport: Roberts Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N320J
Reported as: Amtr LANCAIR320
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,265 total165 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N320JRegistration cancelled Sep 17, 2009 · Parks Jerry R LANCAIR 0 320S/N JP1987 · Built 1988 Airframe modelParks Jerry R LANCAIR 0 320 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot landed on rwy. 16 at Redmond airport. Upon touch-down, the nose gear collapsed. Damage to propeller, nose gear and nose doors. No injuries. Investigation revealed that the nose gear weldment tube broke at the trunnion. Weldment made of 4130 steel. No evidence of fatigue or corrosion. Conversation with the Lancair factory did not indicate this part to have a previous condition of failures. This nose gear assembly is the old design. Owner now retrofitting aircraft to the new shock strut nose gear system.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT LANDED ON RWY. 16 AT REDMOND AIRPORT. UPON TOUCH-DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR AND NOSE DOORS. NO INJURIES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WELDMENT TUBE BROKE AT THE TRUNNION. WELDMENT MADE OF 4130 STEEL. NO EVIDENCE OF FATIGUE OR CORROSION. CONVERSATION WITH THE LANCAIR FACTORY DID NOT INDICATE THIS PART TO HAVE A PREVIOUS CONDITION OF FAILURES. THIS NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY IS THE OLD DESIGN. OWNER NOW RETROFITTING AIRCRAFT TO THE NEW SHOCK STRUT NOSE GEAR SYSTEM.

Other reports on N320J · 1

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

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