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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Vieques, PR · May 27, 2010

Date
May 27, 2010 · 13:18 local
Place
Vieques, PR
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
VLIA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N335VL
Reported as
Cessna 208B
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

A Cessna caravan 208B N335VL s/n 208B0964, the pilot reported after touchdown on runway 9 at Vieques (vqs) airport, he felt a vibration on the nose wheel followed by three bounces, shortly after the nose gear assembly displaced forward causing the propeller to hit the nose wheel and tire.

As the FAA filed it

A CESSNA CARAVAN 208B N335VL S/N 208B0964, THE PILOT REPORTED AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 9 AT VIEQUES (VQS) AIRPORT, HE FELT A VIBRATION ON THE NOSE WHEEL FOLLOWED BY THREE BOUNCES, SHORTLY AFTER THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY DISPLACED FORWARD CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO HIT THE NOSE WHEEL AND TIRE.