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) Student pilot practicing short field landings. Failed to check rate of descent. On touchdown with an excessive rate of descent, and CG forward of the main gear, the nose gear wheel was driven into the ground and sheared. Detailed inspection of the aircraft revealed the damage was limited to the nose gear fork and nose wheel area with minor prop damage. privacy data omitted No further action required by the FAA.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) STUDENT PILOT PRACTICING SHORT FIELD LANDINGS. FAILED TO CHECK RATE OF DESCENT. ON TOUCHDOWN WITH AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF DESCENT, AND CG FORWARD OF THE MAIN GEAR, THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL WAS DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND AND SHEARED. DETAILED INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE GEAR FORK AND NOSE WHEEL AREA WITH MINOR PROP DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED BY THE FAA.
Other reports on N5447L · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.