20010429008479I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tridnt TR1 · Rock Springs, WY · April 29, 2001

Date: April 29, 2001 · 10:30 local
Place: Rock Springs, WY
Airport: Rock Springs Sweetwater Count
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N94K
Reported as: Tridnt TR1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

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What happened

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

(-23)After landing the airplane and the pilot tried to turn the airplane off the runway. When the turn actually began the nose wheel seemed to collapse. Inspection of the nose gear strut reveiled the strut had broken just below the upper support bracket. This strut is the second redesign of the original strut, and there is a third strut being designed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AFTER LANDING THE AIRPLANE AND THE PILOT TRIED TO TURN THE AIRPLANE OFF THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE TURN ACTUALLY BEGAN THE NOSE WHEEL SEEMED TO COLLAPSE. INSPECTION OF THE NOSE GEAR STRUT REVEILED THE STRUT HAD BROKEN JUST BELOW THE UPPER SUPPORT BRACKET. THIS STRUT IS THE SECOND REDESIGN OF THE ORIGINAL STRUT, AND THERE IS A THIRD STRUT BEING DESIGNED.