# Incident 20051023026939I: Piagio FWP149D, Marietta, GA, October 23, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2005, 19:30 local time
- Place: Marietta, GA
- Airport: Cobb County-Mccollum Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0132° N, 84.5970° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COBB COUNTY INTL/MCCOLLUM FLD (RYY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0132&lon=-84.5970&mi=10
- Aircraft: N149DR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N149DR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vfw/Fokker FWP 149D (registry code 4990613, https://openairdocs.org/model/vfw-fokker-fwp-149d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIAGIO FWP149D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 400 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051023026939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACFT N149DR HAD A NLG COLLAPSE UPON LANDING AT APPROX 1930 LOCAL TIME AT MCCOLLUM AIRPORT (RYY) IN KENNESAW GEORGIA. THE PILOT OF N149DR HAD BEEN PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES AT THE CARTERSVILLE AIRPORT (VPC).  AFTER 3 SUCCESSFUL TOUCHES, PRIOR TO THE FOURTH ATTEMPT PILOT INDICATED HE DID NOT GET NLG DOWN LIGHT AND TRIED TO RECYCLE AND USE MANUAL BUT REPORTED LIGHT REMAINED OUT.  PERFORMED FLY BY AND GROUND PERSONNEL INDICATED GEAR WAS 20%-30% AFT OF NORMAL LANDING POSITION.  DIVERTED TO RYY WHICH IS BETTER EQUIPPED FOR EMERGENCIES AND PERFORMED A LANDING AT WHICH TIME GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MAJOR PROP DAMAGE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO NLG DOOR AND FWD LOWER SKIN.  NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED.  ENGINE WILL REQUIRE TEARDOWN AND ASSESSMENT.  THERE WAS ONE PILOT AND A PASSENGER ONBOARD AT THE TIME.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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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