20010926030359I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C24R · La Crosse, WI · September 26, 2001

Date
September 26, 2001 · 19:24 local
Place
La Crosse, WI
Airport
La Crosse Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6006V
Reported as
Beech C24R
Reported engine
Continental IO360*

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) Aircraft lost electrical power. Pilot performed emergency landing gear extension and landed without incident. After departing the runway the aircraft came to a stop. When applying power to taxi, the nose gear collapsed striking the propeller and lower engine cowling. Inspection revealed that the nose gear down lock link was stiff and gritty. The emergency extension allows the gear to free fall to the down and locked position. With the down lock link stiff and gritty, the free fall of the nose gear did not completely force the link overcenter, therefore not providing a positive downlock. When power was applied, the nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LOST ELECTRICAL POWER. PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER DEPARTING THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. WHEN APPLYING POWER TO TAXI, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED STRIKING THE PROPELLER AND LOWER ENGINE COWLING. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK LINK WAS STIFF AND GRITTY. THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION ALLOWS THE GEAR TO FREE FALL TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. WITH THE DOWN LOCK LINK STIFF AND GRITTY, THE FREE FALL OF THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT COMPLETELY FORCE THE LINK OVERCENTER, THEREFORE NOT PROVIDING A POSITIVE DOWNLOCK. WHEN POWER WAS APPLIED, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.