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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr KITFOXSERIE5 · San Carlos, CA · November 25, 2001

Date: November 25, 2001 · 15:24 local
Place: San Carlos, CA
Airport: San Carlos Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N97HK
Reported as: Amtr KITFOXSERIE5
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912UL
Pilot’s flight hours: 460 total254 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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) The pilot states that during the landing roll, as he lowered the nose wheel to the runway, the aircraft began to shimmy. He further states that as he began to exit the runway, the nose wheel strut broke at the midway point, also causing the damage to the propeller. This investigation has been referred to the airworthiness unit for determination of airworthiness status of this aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATES THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL, AS HE LOWERED THE NOSE WHEEL TO THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SHIMMY. HE FURTHER STATES THAT AS HE BEGAN TO EXIT THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT BROKE AT THE MIDWAY POINT, ALSO CAUSING THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. THIS INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE AIRWORTHINESS UNIT FOR DETERMINATION OF AIRWORTHINESS STATUS OF THIS AIRCRAFT.