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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Wilmington, DE · July 11, 2009

Date: July 11, 2009 · 14:45 local
Place: Wilmington, DE
Airport: New Castle
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N62AD
Reported as: Piper PA23250
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,238 total1,298 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

N62ADRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-7305070 · Built 1973 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

(-23) Nose landing gear collapsed after landing during rollout. privacy data omittedPilot is a member of the us coast guard auxiliary and was completing a coast guard mission at the time of the incident. The following quote is an excerpt from the pilot's report to the us coast guard: " I was returning to my home base at kilg after dropping off one crew member and one trainee at cape may county airport (kwwd). The approach and landing were normal unitl I needed to steer the airplane to stay in the center of the runway. The airplane was drifting to the right and the nose wheel steering was inoperative. I was able to correct the drift with application of differential brake pressure. As the airplane slowed down, the nose wheel slowly retracted into to wheel well and both propellers made contact with the runway. Immediately afterward, the nose of the aircraft made contact with the runway and the aircraft slid to a stop".

As the FAA filed it

(-23) NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING DURING ROLLOUT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT IS A MEMBER OF THE US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY AND WAS COMPLETING A COAST GUARD MISSION AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE FOLLOWING QUOTE IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE PILOT'S REPORT TO THE US COAST GUARD: " I WAS RETURNING TO MY HOME BASE AT KILG AFTER DROPPING OFF ONE CREW MEMBER AND ONE TRAINEE AT CAPE MAY COUNTY AIRPORT (KWWD). THE APPROACH AND LANDING WERE NORMAL UNITL I NEEDED TO STEER THE AIRPLANE TO STAY IN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE WAS DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT AND THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING WAS INOPERATIVE. I WAS ABLE TO CORRECT THE DRIFT WITH APPLICATION OF DIFFERENTIAL BRAKE PRESSURE. AS THE AIRPLANE SLOWED DOWN, THE NOSE WHEEL SLOWLY RETRACTED INTO TO WHEEL WELL AND BOTH PROPELLERS MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP".

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