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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tmpson NAVION A · London, OH · September 2, 2001

Date: September 2, 2001 · 15:30 local
Place: London, OH
Airport: Madison County Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4609K
Reported as: Tmpson Naviona
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 975 total975 in the last 90 days

N4609KRegistered now · Navion NAVION AS/N NAV-4-1609 Airframe modelNavion NAVION A Engine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

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) At approximately 3 p.m. on September 2 the pilot landed his aircraft at Madison County Airport. As the pilot taxied the aircraft the nose gear collapsed causing minor damage to the bottom engine cowling, and prop. Approximately 200 feet behind where the aircraft came to a stop, there was a 3" bolt found on the runway. This appeared to be the bolt that came from the nose gear linkage, (causing the collapse). There was no nut found and the cotter pin had been reported as being sheared off in the bolt.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 3 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER 2 THE PILOT LANDED HIS AIRCRAFT AT MADISON COUNTY AIRPORT. AS THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM ENGINE COWLING, AND PROP. APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET BEHIND WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, THERE WAS A 3" BOLT FOUND ON THE RUNWAY. THIS APPEARED TO BE THE BOLT THAT CAME FROM THE NOSE GEAR LINKAGE, (CAUSING THE COLLAPSE). THERE WAS NO NUT FOUND AND THE COTTER PIN HAD BEEN REPORTED AS BEING SHEARED OFF IN THE BOLT.