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) Flying from afj to cha to pick up a patient and on landing the pilot put the landing down & heard a bang with green lights on the main landing gear. Only the nose landing gear showed an unsafe condition. The pilot flew the aircraft around cycled the gear trying to get the NLG down & locked to burn off fuel. The aircraft landed & the NLG collapsed. Damage to the aircraft was both propellers, NLG doors & skin. The NLG bell crank assembly broke, part #0842104-3.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) FLYING FROM AFJ TO CHA TO PICK UP A PATIENT AND ON LANDING THE PILOT PUT THE LANDING DOWN & HEARD A BANG WITH GREEN LIGHTS ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. ONLY THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SHOWED AN UNSAFE CONDITION. THE PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT AROUND CYCLED THE GEAR TRYING TO GET THE NLG DOWN & LOCKED TO BURN OFF FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED & THE NLG COLLAPSED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS BOTH PROPELLERS, NLG DOORS & SKIN. THE NLG BELL CRANK ASSEMBLY BROKE, PART #0842104-3.
Other reports on N444HB · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.