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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · North American T-28A · Elkhart, IN · May 30, 2011

Date
May 30, 2011 · 11:30 local
Place
Elkhart, IN
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N128BC
Reported as
North American T-28A
Reported engine
WRIGHT R-1820 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,700 total70 in this make and model40 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.

During take off role at full power the nose gear strut sheared off at lower portion causing the the propellers to strike the runway and skidded to a stop.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAKE OFF ROLE AT FULL POWER THE NOSE GEAR STRUT SHEARED OFF AT LOWER PORTION CAUSING THE THE PROPELLERS TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND SKIDDED TO A STOP.