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FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Albany, MO · July 29, 2006

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Date
July 29, 2006 · 23:30 local
Place
Albany, MO
Airport
Albany Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N69BV
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO520BB
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
575 total63 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
N69BVRegistered now · Beech A36S/N E-911Airframe modelBeech A36

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What happened

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

(-23) The pilot made a night VFR flight from camdenton, MO (K21) to Albany, MO (K19). The preflight inspection revealed no abnormalities. The flight was uneventful until landing. Upon arrival at K19, the pilot reported observing three green lights on the landing gear indicator and feeling the nose wheel cycle through the rudder pedals while in the traffic pattern. During the landing, the aircraft touched down on the main gear and the pilot lowered the nose. The nose continued to settle beyond the normal attitude and the pilot observed an object shoot out ahead of the airplane, a shower of sparks, and heard the propeller strike the ground. The airplane stopped about half way down the runway. The fork for the nose wheel was in the down and locked position; however, the nose wheel was missing. The nose wheel and scissors assembly was located approximately 500 feet beyond the airplane. No injuries to the pilot and two passengers. Damage to the propeller, engine, and nose wheel assembly. Incident privacy data omitted closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT MADE A NIGHT VFR FLIGHT FROM CAMDENTON, MO (K21) TO ALBANY, MO (K19). THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED NO ABNORMALITIES. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL LANDING. UPON ARRIVAL AT K19, THE PILOT REPORTED OBSERVING THREE GREEN LIGHTS ON THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR AND FEELING THE NOSE WHEEL CYCLE THROUGH THE RUDDER PEDALS WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR AND THE PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE. THE NOSE CONTINUED TO SETTLE BEYOND THE NORMAL ATTITUDE AND THE PILOT OBSERVED AN OBJECT SHOOT OUT AHEAD OF THE AIRPLANE, A SHOWER OF SPARKS, AND HEARD THE PROPELLER STRIKE THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE STOPPED ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE FORK FOR THE NOSE WHEEL WAS IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION; HOWEVER, THE NOSE WHEEL WAS MISSING. THE NOSE WHEEL AND SCISSORS ASSEMBLY WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET BEYOND THE AIRPLANE. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS. DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, AND NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CLOSED.