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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus SR20 · Dalton, GA · March 13, 2008

Date: March 13, 2008 · 11:10 local
Place: Dalton, GA
Airport: Dalton Municipal
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N853LB
Reported as: Cirrus SR20
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 155 total30 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N853LBRegistered now · Cirrus Design SR20S/N 1449 · Built 2004 Airframe modelCirrus Design SR20 Engine modelContinental IO-360 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) Pilot stated that during doing touch and gos at the Dalton Municipal Airport, he felt a violent shimmy in the nose landing gear just prior to rotation for the third touch and go. He then reduced power and lifted the nose to reduce the weight on the nose. He then started a left turn off the runway onto a taxiway and at that time the nose gear collapsed. The pilot was able to shut the engine down without damage to the propeller. Propeller did not contact the ground. There were no injuries. There was no further damage to the aircraft other than to the broken nose landing gear weldment structure.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT DURING DOING TOUCH AND GOS AT THE DALTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, HE FELT A VIOLENT SHIMMY IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR JUST PRIOR TO ROTATION FOR THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO. HE THEN REDUCED POWER AND LIFTED THE NOSE TO REDUCE THE WEIGHT ON THE NOSE. HE THEN STARTED A LEFT TURN OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO A TAXIWAY AND AT THAT TIME THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. PROPELLER DID NOT CONTACT THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OTHER THAN TO THE BROKEN NOSE LANDING GEAR WELDMENT STRUCTURE.