# Incident 20080313014259I: Cirrus SR20, Dalton, GA, March 13, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2008, 11:10 local time
- Place: Dalton, GA
- Airport: Dalton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7229° N, 84.8702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALTON MUNI (DNN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7229&lon=-84.8702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N853LB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N853LB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080313014259I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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