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FAA incident report · Piper PA44180T · Prescott, AZ · November 15, 2008

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Date
November 15, 2008 · 14:46 local
Place
Prescott, AZ
Airport
Ernest A. Love Field
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8154H
Reported as
Piper PA44180T
Reported engine
LYCOMI TO360
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total100 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) During a routine pilot check-out in the type, the two pilots were in their last circuit of the pattern in preparation for landing. After lowering the landing gear both pilots verified 3 green/0 red panel indications, and visually observed the nose gear down and apparently locked in the mirror on the engine nacelle. This verification was conducted again by both pilots during final. The landing touch-down was accomplished on the mains uneventfully. The nose gear then touched down, and shortly into the landing roll-out it collapsed. The nose of the aircraft contacted the ground and slid on the center line of runway 3R, eventually coming to a stop just after the delta 3 taxiway. The pilots shut the aircraft down, exited the aircraft, and noted the fire trucks arriving. There was no smoke/fire or injuries to either pilot. While the aircraft was being removed from the runway a maintenance technician found the nose gear retraction shear/pivot bolt was missing and broken in half under the nose gear as they lifted up the aircraft. The aircraft was then taken to granite mountain aviation, LLC, a local FBO an prc.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING A ROUTINE PILOT CHECK-OUT IN THE TYPE, THE TWO PILOTS WERE IN THEIR LAST CIRCUIT OF THE PATTERN IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING. AFTER LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR BOTH PILOTS VERIFIED 3 GREEN/0 RED PANEL INDICATIONS, AND VISUALLY OBSERVED THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND APPARENTLY LOCKED IN THE MIRROR ON THE ENGINE NACELLE. THIS VERIFICATION WAS CONDUCTED AGAIN BY BOTH PILOTS DURING FINAL. THE LANDING TOUCH-DOWN WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON THE MAINS UNEVENTFULLY. THE NOSE GEAR THEN TOUCHED DOWN, AND SHORTLY INTO THE LANDING ROLL-OUT IT COLLAPSED. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND AND SLID ON THE CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY 3R, EVENTUALLY COMING TO A STOP JUST AFTER THE DELTA 3 TAXIWAY. THE PILOTS SHUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN, EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, AND NOTED THE FIRE TRUCKS ARRIVING. THERE WAS NO SMOKE/FIRE OR INJURIES TO EITHER PILOT. WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY A MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN FOUND THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION SHEAR/PIVOT BOLT WAS MISSING AND BROKEN IN HALF UNDER THE NOSE GEAR AS THEY LIFTED UP THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TAKEN TO GRANITE MOUNTAIN AVIATION, LLC, A LOCAL FBO AN PRC.