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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Conaer LA4200 · Orlando, FL · October 17, 2005

Date: October 17, 2005 · 19:25 local
Place: Orlando, FL
Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2536P
Reported as: Conaer LA4200
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360LYC*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total400 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N2536PRegistered now · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4S/N 867 Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4

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) The lake amphibious aircraft was landing on runway 7 at the Orlando Executive Airport (orl) following a practice isl approach, when the nose collapsed. The pilot reported he extended the gear and checked the gear down light and it was illuminated. Inspector privacy data omitted checked the aircraft's nose gear and found no obvious reason for the nose gear to collapse. A mechanic working on the aircraft stated to inspector privacy data omitted ^ that he inspected the airplane and identified previous damage that may have been a factor in the nose gear collapsing. The owner is having the airplane repaired.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE LAKE AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 7 AT THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (ORL) FOLLOWING A PRACTICE ISL APPROACH, WHEN THE NOSE COLLAPSED. THE PILOT REPORTED HE EXTENDED THE GEAR AND CHECKED THE GEAR DOWN LIGHT AND IT WAS ILLUMINATED. INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA^ CHECKED THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE GEAR AND FOUND NO OBVIOUS REASON FOR THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. A MECHANIC WORKING ON THE AIRCRAFT STATED TO INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY ^ THAT HE INSPECTED THE AIRPLANE AND IDENTIFIED PREVIOUS DAMAGE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING. THE OWNER IS HAVING THE AIRPLANE REPAIRED.