19990929027599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Socata MS893E · Moses Lake, WA · September 29, 1999

Date
September 29, 1999 · 18:10 local
Place
Moses Lake, WA
Airport
Grant County
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N350RA
Reported as
Socata MS893E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total50 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) The pilot stated upon landing that the nose wheel started to flutter severely. The intensity was so severe, the main support tube broke and the entire nose wheel assy. Separated. Inspection of the assy. Confirmed failure of the shimmy damper. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED UPON LANDING THAT THE NOSE WHEEL STARTED TO FLUTTER SEVERELY. THE INTENSITY WAS SO SEVERE, THE MAIN SUPPORT TUBE BROKE AND THE ENTIRE NOSE WHEEL ASSY. SEPARATED. INSPECTION OF THE ASSY. CONFIRMED FAILURE OF THE SHIMMY DAMPER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^