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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Extra EA-400 · Palm Springs, CA · September 12, 2005

Date
September 12, 2005 · 08:42 local
Place
Palm Springs, CA
Airport
Palm Springs Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9494Z
Reported as
Extra EA400
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total400 in this make and model90 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) Pilot stated that his aircraft after landing at palms Springs airport, CA., experienced nose wheel wobble, subsequently the gear collapsed. Mechanics discovered the nose wheel drag link bolt sheared.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HIS AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING AT PALMS SPRINGS AIRPORT, CA., EXPERIENCED NOSE WHEEL WOBBLE, SUBSEQUENTLY THE GEAR COLLAPSED. MECHANICS DISCOVERED THE NOSE WHEEL DRAG LINK BOLT SHEARED.