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FAA incident report · Raytheon Ai A36 · Westerly, RI · August 8, 2009

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Date
August 8, 2009 · 11:30 local
Place
Westerly, RI
Airport
Westerly State
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N358SA
Reported as
Raytheon Ai A36
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total475 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days
N358SARegistered now · Raytheon A36S/N E-3192 · Built 1998Airframe modelRaytheon A36Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Airman was landing on runway 32 at wst. Aircraft contacted the runway very hard in a nose low attitude with the nosewheel impacting first. The impact caused the fork on the nosewheel assembly to break resulting in nosewheel separation. The aircraft skidded for approximately 913 feet before coming to rest just off the left side of the runway. As a result of the nosewheel separation, the propeller made contact with the runway and continued to rotate and contact the runway until the aircraft came to rest.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT WST. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY VERY HARD IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE WITH THE NOSEWHEEL IMPACTING FIRST. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE FORK ON THE NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLY TO BREAK RESULTING IN NOSEWHEEL SEPARATION. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 913 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST JUST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AS A RESULT OF THE NOSEWHEEL SEPARATION, THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED TO ROTATE AND CONTACT THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST.