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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tmpson NAVION B · Warren, VT · May 29, 2002

Date: May 29, 2002 · 14:00 local
Place: Warren, VT
Airport: Warren/Sugarbush Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4SK
Reported as: Tmpson Navionb
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,170 total1,000 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N4SKRegistered now · Navion NAVION BS/N NAV-4-554B · Built 1947 Airframe modelNavion NAVION B Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On landing runway 22 at Warren-Sugarbush, Vermont, a 1947 navion aircraft, N4SK, rolled 8 feet then the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft slid approximately 65 feet down the runway. Fuel was leaking from the fuel vents. The right wing tip was hanging over the grass and the aircraft was right of the runway - facing southwest. The pilot had three green indicator lights for the landing gear and the hydraulic pressure was on the flaps were down.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON LANDING RUNWAY 22 AT WARREN-SUGARBUSH, VERMONT, A 1947 NAVION AIRCRAFT, N4SK, ROLLED 8 FEET THEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 65 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL VENTS. THE RIGHT WING TIP WAS HANGING OVER THE GRASS AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY - FACING SOUTHWEST. THE PILOT HAD THREE GREEN INDICATOR LIGHTS FOR THE LANDING GEAR AND THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WAS ON THE FLAPS WERE DOWN.