# Incident 20100527005869I: Cessna 208B, Vieques, PR, May 27, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2010, 13:18 local time
- Place: Vieques, PR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VLIA
- Location: 18.1481° N, 65.4443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vieques, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.1481&lon=-65.4443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N335VL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N335VL-2015-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100527005869I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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