# Incident 20001014030089I: Grob G115C, Westerly, RI, October 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2000, 12:25 local time
- Place: Westerly, RI
- Airport: Westerly State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3496° N, 71.8034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTERLY STATE (WST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3496&lon=-71.8034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115AZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N115AZ-2008-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkhart Grob GROB G115C (registry code 1660303, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-grob-g115c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROB G115C
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 227 total, 12 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001014030089I

## Narrative

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

(-23)WESTERLY STATE AIRPORT, WESTERLY, RI, RUNWAY 25. UPON LANDING, NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF OF NOSE LANDING GEAR AT BASE TO STRUT.  AIRCRAFT PROPELLER STRUCK RUNWAY SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE CAUSING ENGINE TO STOP.  MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE LANDING GEAR AND BELLY OF AIRCRAFT JUST AFT NOSE GEAR.  NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N115AZ (1)

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

- [Incident 19960313009629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960313009629I), Mar 13, 1996: Grob G115C (N115AZ), Oxford, CT, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot stated the left brake either failed or locked up (he was not very clear on what happened). A witness who services airplanes at Oxford…

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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