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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr VARIEZE · Bakersfield, CA · March 10, 2001

Date: March 10, 2001 · 11:30 local
Place: Bakersfield, CA
Airport: Meadows Field
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N34SH
Reported as: Amtr Varieze
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,020 total4 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

N34SHRegistration cancelled Mar 2, 2018 · Hudson Leo D VARIEZES/N 1837 Airframe modelHudson Leo D VARIEZE Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On 3/10/01 at approx 11:30 hours PST,privacy data omittedpiloted his newly acquired Varieze aircraft N34SH, around the airport traffic pattern at Meadows Field Airport, Bakersfield, CA for the first time with the previous owner of the aircraft as his passenger in the back seat. The aircraft was landed on runway 30R. It was noted that the nose landing attitude of the aircraft was unusually low. Exiting the runway, a clanking noise was heard and the nose wheel collapsed. The aircraft skidded on the nose mounted teflon skid pad for approx. ten feet. Mechanical failure of a nose gear sprocket caused the nose gear collapse. There was no aircraft damage beyond the scraping of the nose mounted teflon skid pad. There were no injuries to either occupant of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 3/10/01 AT APPROX 11:30 HOURS PST,^PRIVACY D^PILOTED HIS NEWLY ACQUIRED VARIEZE AIRCRAFT N34SH, AROUND THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN AT MEADOWS FIELD AIRPORT, BAKERSFIELD, CA FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT AS HIS PASSENGER IN THE BACK SEAT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ON RUNWAY 30R. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NOSE LANDING ATTITUDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNUSUALLY LOW. EXITING THE RUNWAY, A CLANKING NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE NOSE MOUNTED TEFLON SKID PAD FOR APPROX. TEN FEET. MECHANICAL FAILURE OF A NOSE GEAR SPROCKET CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE. THERE WAS NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE BEYOND THE SCRAPING OF THE NOSE MOUNTED TEFLON SKID PAD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT.