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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr VANSRV6A · Weirsdale, FL · November 3, 2004

Date: November 3, 2004 · 12:20 local
Place: Weirsdale, FL
Airport: Love Field Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N955DC
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA05LA021
Reported as: Amtr VANSRV6A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1

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What happened

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

(-23) Aircraft was landing when the nose gear failed and folded under the aircraft. The nose gear dug into the surface creating a trench approximately 50 feet long. As the nose gear dug into the surface the propeller spinner contacted the surface, as did the left wing. The combination of the prop spinner and the left wing contacting the surface brought the aircraft to an abrupt stop. The remaining forward inertia caused the aircraft to flip tail over nose diagonally to the left wing becoming airborne momentarily before coming to rest inverted, crushing the canopy.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING WHEN THE NOSE GEAR FAILED AND FOLDED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO THE SURFACE CREATING A TRENCH APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET LONG. AS THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO THE SURFACE THE PROPELLER SPINNER CONTACTED THE SURFACE, AS DID THE LEFT WING. THE COMBINATION OF THE PROP SPINNER AND THE LEFT WING CONTACTING THE SURFACE BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE REMAINING FORWARD INERTIA CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP TAIL OVER NOSE DIAGONALLY TO THE LEFT WING BECOMING AIRBORNE MOMENTARILY BEFORE COMING TO REST INVERTED, CRUSHING THE CANOPY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA05LA021Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportWeirsdale, FLFailure of the nose landing gear for undetermined reasons, resulting in the airplane nosing over during the landing roll, and the pilot's decision to operate the airplane with known deficiencies in the nose landing gear. A factor contributing to the fatality…Nov 3, 2004 · Substantial damage