# Incident 20010429008479I: Tridnt TR1, Rock Springs, WY, April 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2001, 10:30 local time
- Place: Rock Springs, WY
- Airport: Rock Springs Sweetwater Count
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5947° N, 109.2209° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Springs, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5947&lon=-109.2209&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TRIDNT TR1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010429008479I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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