# Incident 20111009025519I: Youngblood John VELOCITY XLRG-5, San Francisco, CA, October 9, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2011, 15:26 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7750° N, 122.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-122.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N568Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N568Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Youngblood John VELOCITY XLRG-5 (registry code 05624XG, https://openairdocs.org/model/youngblood-john-velocity-xlrg-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YOUNGBLOOD JOHN VELOCITY XLRG-5
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 844 total, 190 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111009025519I

## Narrative

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

WHILE HOLDING FOR TAKE-OFF CLEARANCE AT SFO, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR OF AIRCRAFT N568Y COLLAPSED. FROM A VISUAL INSPECTION IT HAS BEEN DETRERMINED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR FAILED/SHEARED AT THE THREADED PORTION OF THE ACTUATING RAM. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO DROP TO THE GROUND. DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE WAS LIMITED TO LIGHT SCTRATCHES ON THE BOTTOM SKIN IN THE AREA FORWARD OF THE NOSE WHEEL WELL.

## Other reports on N568Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090428006599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090428006599I), Apr 28, 2009: Amtr VELOCITYXLRG (N568Y), Joplin, MO, Minor damage. (-23) During climb-out from kjln, the pilot reported that the landing gear "in transient" light remained on after selecting gear-up. Returning to kjln for…

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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