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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amrgen AA-1A · Mesa, AZ · April 8, 2005

Date
April 8, 2005 · 17:00 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6423L
Reported as
Amrgen AA1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
780 total25 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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) During roll landing roll out aircraft became difficult to steer. Pilot stated that he managed to get the aircraft off the runway and on the taxiway. However the aircraft was unable to continue due to the nose wheel through bolt coming loose. This allowed the nose tire to rotate and become wedged in the forks of the nose landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING ROLL LANDING ROLL OUT AIRCRAFT BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. PILOT STATED THAT HE MANAGED TO GET THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND ON THE TAXIWAY. HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE DUE TO THE NOSE WHEEL THROUGH BOLT COMING LOOSE. THIS ALLOWED THE NOSE TIRE TO ROTATE AND BECOME WEDGED IN THE FORKS OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.