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) On approach for landing, the nose gear failed to extend. The pilot landed the aircraft on the main gear, stopped the engine, and rotated the prop horizontally. As the aircraft slowed and the nose dropped to the runway, only the nose gear doors contacted the runway, and were damaged.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE MAIN GEAR, STOPPED THE ENGINE, AND ROTATED THE PROP HORIZONTALLY. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED AND THE NOSE DROPPED TO THE RUNWAY, ONLY THE NOSE GEAR DOORS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, AND WERE DAMAGED.
Other reports on N951HC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.