# Incident 20050310005799I: Cirrus SR20, Jacksonville, FL, March 10, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2005, 19:47 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Craig Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3364° N, 81.5144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3364&lon=-81.5144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8160C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8160C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR20
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 148 total, 77 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05IA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05IA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050310005799I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 05 AT CRAIG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, PILOT ALLOWED CIRRUS SR-20, N8160C, TO EXPERIENCE A MODERATE BOUNCE. ALTHOUGH SUCH BOUNCE DID NOT RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE, THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY BROKE AWAY FROM THE NOSE GEAR STRUT AT A WELDED CONNECTION JOINING THE TWO COMPONENTS. A POST INCIDENT INSPECTION OF SUCH WELDED JOINT REVEALED A SEPARATION BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE WELD AND THE HOLLOW NOSE GEAR STRUT. THIS SEPARATION OF THE WELDED JOINT WAS RUSTY AND PITTED, INDICATING A PRE-INCIDENT CONDITION, AND APPEARED TO BE CAUSED BY AN INADEQUATE WELDING PROCEDURE DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE ASSEMBLY. THE ASSEMBLY DESCRIBED HEREIN WAS SENT TO THE NTSB LAB FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS, AND ASSOCIATED FOLLOW-UP WITH THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA05IA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05IA087), Mar 11, 2005: Cirrus Design SR20 (N8160C), Jacksonville, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: Inadequate welding procedure by the manufacturer resulting in a poor weld of the nose landing gear and collapse of the nose landing gear during a porpoised landing.

## Other reports on N8160C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20190502003819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190502003819A), May 2, 2019: Cirrus Design Corp SR20 (N8160C), Mineral Wells, TX, Substantial damage. On may 2, 2019 at approximately 1700 local time, the right aileron of a Cirrus SR-20 registration number N8160C departed the aircraft while on approach to…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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