20051120028929I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr GLASAIR III · Bakersfield, CA · November 20, 2005

Date: November 20, 2005 · 13:00 local
Place: Bakersfield, CA
Airport: Meadows Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N14EK
Reported as: Amtr Glasairiii
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,500 total52 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N14EKRegistered now · Kruger John GLASAIR IIIS/N 3012 · Built 2000 Airframe modelKruger John GLASAIR III Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) On Sunday November 20, 2005, at approximately 1300 PST, a glasair iii, N14EK owned and operated by the pilot privacy data omitted landed at Meadows Field, (kbfl) Bakersfield, CA. The landing was normal and weather was clear and calm, but the nose landing gear separated from the nose strut and departed the airplane on touchdown causing the nose to drop low and allow propeller contact with the runway surface. The pilot reported a smooth touchdown followed by a lower than normal nose attitude when lowering the nose. The pilot gathered the pieces of the nose wheel assembly and gave it to his mechanic privacy data omitted at (massey's) located at minter field, shafter, CA. And he could find no apparent failure. The damage to the airplane was limited to the nose landing gear, propeller and engine. Some surface damage to the runway occurred. Condition inspection completed approximately 2 months earlier.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 PST, A GLASAIR III, N14EK OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED AT MEADOWS FIELD, (KBFL) BAKERSFIELD, CA. THE LANDING WAS NORMAL AND WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND CALM, BUT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE NOSE STRUT AND DEPARTED THE AIRPLANE ON TOUCHDOWN CAUSING THE NOSE TO DROP LOW AND ALLOW PROPELLER CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE PILOT REPORTED A SMOOTH TOUCHDOWN FOLLOWED BY A LOWER THAN NORMAL NOSE ATTITUDE WHEN LOWERING THE NOSE. THE PILOT GATHERED THE PIECES OF THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND GAVE IT TO HIS MECHANIC ^PRIVACY DATA O^ AT (MASSEY'S) LOCATED AT MINTER FIELD, SHAFTER, CA. AND HE COULD FIND NO APPARENT FAILURE. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER AND ENGINE. SOME SURFACE DAMAGE TO THE RUNWAY OCCURRED. CONDITION INSPECTION COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS EARLIER.

Other reports on N14EK · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20000330004109ITakeoff Ground Roll · Bakersfield, CAOn 3/30/00, N14EK, kruger SH-3R glasair iii amateur built aircraft, piloted by a commercial pilot, operating under 49 CFR part 91 under VMC weather conditions was taking off at Bakersfield, CA. Meadows fld. Rw 30 intersection echo. While the aircraft…Mar 30, 2000 · Minor damage