20070102000219A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Frchld SW3 · Tulsa, OK · January 2, 2007

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Date: January 2, 2007 · 11:40 local
Place: Tulsa, OK
Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: YV204
Reported as: Frchld SW3
People aboard: 9
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) privacy data omitted on January 02, 2007, at 1140 central time, a twin engine fairchild SW-3 airplane, venezuelan registration YV-2045 was substantially damaged following loss of control while landing at Richard l. Jones jr airport. The pilot reported that during the landing roll and upon nose wheel touchdown, the steering mechanism failed and resulted in an uncommanded turn to the left. The aircraft came to an abrupt stop after the nose gear assembly dug into the soft ground and collapsed. This caused structural damage to lower portion of the nose section and damage to the support structure of the nose landing gear assy.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON JANUARY 02, 2007, AT 1140 CENTRAL TIME, A TWIN ENGINE FAIRCHILD SW-3 AIRPLANE, VENEZUELAN REGISTRATION YV-2045 WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE LANDING AT RICHARD L. JONES JR AIRPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL AND UPON NOSE WHEEL TOUCHDOWN, THE STEERING MECHANISM FAILED AND RESULTED IN AN UNCOMMANDED TURN TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP AFTER THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY DUG INTO THE SOFT GROUND AND COLLAPSED. THIS CAUSED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO LOWER PORTION OF THE NOSE SECTION AND DAMAGE TO THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSY.