20071221831809I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Myersd Questairvent · Fort Lauderdal, FL · December 21, 2007

Date
December 21, 2007 · 15:30 local
Place
Fort Lauderdal, FL
Airport
Fort Lauderdale Executive
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N203V
Reported as
Myersd Questairvent
Reported engine
Continental IO550N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total600 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

(-23) At the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (kfxe) on December 21, 2007 at approximately 1520 EST, aircraft N203V was cleared to land on runway 26. This aircraft is an amateur built; model - questair venture, manufactured by myers daniel kenneth, serial number 22 and was piloted by privacy data omitted. The pilot privacy data omitted stated that apparently he did not notice that the nose gear down & locked light was not illuminated on approach and landed with only the main landing gear extended. The after incident inspection revealed the nose gear actuator circuit breaker was tripped open and the nose gear down lock light was not illuminated. This was confirmed by the lack of damage to the nose landing gear, the nose gear doors and that the nose gear was in the up & locked position. Damage was limited to the propeller, engine and lower engine cowling.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT THE FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KFXE) ON DECEMBER 21, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 1520 EST, AIRCRAFT N203V WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 26. THIS AIRCRAFT IS AN AMATEUR BUILT; MODEL - QUESTAIR VENTURE, MANUFACTURED BY MYERS DANIEL KENNETH, SERIAL NUMBER 22 AND WAS PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT APPARENTLY HE DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE NOSE GEAR DOWN & LOCKED LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED ON APPROACH AND LANDED WITH ONLY THE MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. THE AFTER INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS TRIPPED OPEN AND THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY THE LACK OF DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS IN THE UP & LOCKED POSITION. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE AND LOWER ENGINE COWLING.