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FAA incident report · Bag B2061 · Slaton, TX · January 31, 2004

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Date
January 31, 2004 · 16:30 local
Place
Slaton, TX
Airport
Slaton Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N87590
Reported as
Bag B2061
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,178 total5 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days
N87590Registration cancelled Mar 4, 2023 · Beagle B.206 SERIES 1S/N 016 · Built 1966Airframe modelBeagle B.206 SERIES 1Engine modelContinental GIO-470SERIESReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On January 31, 2004, at approximately 1630 CST, aircraft N87590, flown by pilot graeme l. cooper, experienced a nose gear collapse after landing at the Slaton Municipal Airport (F49), in Slaton, Texas. There were no injuries. The pilot was the sole occupant of the aircraft. Witnesses reported the landing gear did not appear to be down on short final approach to the airport. The pilot was waved off by by-standers while another person told the pilot to abort the landing and to go around by talking to him on the common traffic advisory frequency (radio). Witnesses reported the aircraft made three passes over the runway before landing. Witnesses reported the aircraft landed with the flaps retracted and the pilot appeared to hold the nose wheel off the runway as long as possible. Witnesses reported all three landing gears appeared to be down when the aircraft touched down on the main wheels. The nose wheel collapsed two to three seconds after it came into contact with the runway. The aircraft came to a stop 300 feet from the point where the nose wheel collapsed and slid to the right side of the runway. The propellers were damaged when the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft receivedminor damage overall.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JANUARY 31, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 CST, AIRCRAFT N87590, FLOWN BY PILOT GRAEME L. COOPER, EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AFTER LANDING AT THE SLATON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (F49), IN SLATON, TEXAS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. WITNESSES REPORTED THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE DOWN ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS WAVED OFF BY BY-STANDERS WHILE ANOTHER PERSON TOLD THE PILOT TO ABORT THE LANDING AND TO GO AROUND BY TALKING TO HIM ON THE COMMON TRAFFIC ADVISORY FREQUENCY (RADIO). WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT MADE THREE PASSES OVER THE RUNWAY BEFORE LANDING. WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE FLAPS RETRACTED AND THE PILOT APPEARED TO HOLD THE NOSE WHEEL OFF THE RUNWAY AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. WITNESSES REPORTED ALL THREE LANDING GEARS APPEARED TO BE DOWN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN WHEELS. THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED TWO TO THREE SECONDS AFTER IT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP 300 FEET FROM THE POINT WHERE THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND SLID TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVEDMINOR DAMAGE OVERALL.