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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Millington, TN · January 6, 2007

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Date
January 6, 2007 · 15:30 local
Place
Millington, TN
Airport
Charles W Baker Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7563J
Reported as
Piper PA28R180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,031 total980 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days
N7563JRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-180S/N 28R-30941 · Built 1968Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 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 January 6, 2007, at approximately 1530 hrs. CDT, the pilot privacy data omitted was doing touch and gos at Charles Baker airport (2M8). The pilot privacy data omitted states that he had completed four (4) touch and gos on runway 36. During his final landing, with the intent to come to a full stop, the aircraft touched down and began to rollout on the runway when the nose gear began to wobble, shake and vibrate violently, the nose gear then suddenly collapsed. The propeller contacted the runway several times before the engine stopped. The pilot privacy data omitted stated that he feels strongly that the nose gear shimmy dampener failed and caused the nose gear to collapse. An examination of the aircraft revealed damage to the propeller and nose gear doors consistent with statement from the pilot privacy data omitted. The nose gear doors were scraped and splintered from contact with the asphalt runway surface and the partially retracted nose wheel. A static functional test of the retractable landing gear, with the aircraft on jacks, revealed no malfunctions.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JANUARY 6, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 HRS. CDT, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DOING TOUCH AND GOS AT CHARLES BAKER AIRPORT (2M8). THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATES THAT HE HAD COMPLETED FOUR (4) TOUCH AND GOS ON RUNWAY 36. DURING HIS FINAL LANDING, WITH THE INTENT TO COME TO A FULL STOP, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND BEGAN TO ROLLOUT ON THE RUNWAY WHEN THE NOSE GEAR BEGAN TO WOBBLE, SHAKE AND VIBRATE VIOLENTLY, THE NOSE GEAR THEN SUDDENLY COLLAPSED. THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT HE FEELS STRONGLY THAT THE NOSE GEAR SHIMMY DAMPENER FAILED AND CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR DOORS CONSISTENT WITH STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^. THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE SCRAPED AND SPLINTERED FROM CONTACT WITH THE ASPHALT RUNWAY SURFACE AND THE PARTIALLY RETRACTED NOSE WHEEL. A STATIC FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR, WITH THE AIRCRAFT ON JACKS, REVEALED NO MALFUNCTIONS.