20110329004699I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Miller Thomas M FOXTROT · Lakeland, FL · March 29, 2011

Date: March 29, 2011 · 13:20 local
Place: Lakeland, FL
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N190KT
Reported as: Miller Thomas M Foxtrot
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-540-C1B5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,600 total50 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N190KTRegistered now · Miller Thomas M FOXTROTS/N F003 · Built 2003 Airframe modelMiller Thomas M FOXTROT Engine modelLycoming IO-540-C1B5Reciprocating

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.

During a normal landing on runway 9R the nose landing gear collapsed at landing touch down due to failure of strut tube above a welded joint. The pilot reported the collapse to be gradual until total failure and the aircraft exited the runway to the right. The horizontal stabilizer had been previously modified by extending its length 12 inches on each side to increase its effectiveness during landing and decrease the load on the nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

DURING A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 9R THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AT LANDING TOUCH DOWN DUE TO FAILURE OF STRUT TUBE ABOVE A WELDED JOINT. THE PILOT REPORTED THE COLLAPSE TO BE GRADUAL UNTIL TOTAL FAILURE AND THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY MODIFIED BY EXTENDING ITS LENGTH 12 INCHES ON EACH SIDE TO INCREASE ITS EFFECTIVENESS DURING LANDING AND DECREASE THE LOAD ON THE NOSE GEAR.