20051031027409I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA 46-350P · Chino, CA · October 31, 2005

Date: October 31, 2005 · 10:37 local
Place: Chino, CA
Airport: Chino Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N61FL
Reported as: Piper PA46350P
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,000 total1,000 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N61FLRegistered now · Piper PA 46-350PS/N 4622037 · Built 1989 Airframe modelPiper PA 46-350P Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) After a series of touch and go landings the nose landing gear collapsed on landing runway 8R at Chino Airport, Chino, CA. No injuries reported and minor aircraft damage to aircraft. The nose landing gear was inspected and reconstructed to identify probable cause. No component failure was prevalent during this post incident inspection. All damage found on the nose landing gear and support hardware was due to a hard nose landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER A SERIES OF TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING RUNWAY 8R AT CHINO AIRPORT, CHINO, CA. NO INJURIES REPORTED AND MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS INSPECTED AND RECONSTRUCTED TO IDENTIFY PROBABLE CAUSE. NO COMPONENT FAILURE WAS PREVALENT DURING THIS POST INCIDENT INSPECTION. ALL DAMAGE FOUND ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND SUPPORT HARDWARE WAS DUE TO A HARD NOSE LANDING.