# Incident 20111023024919I: Wright/Velocity VELOCITY XL-RG, Rockhill, SC, October 23, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2011, 13:30 local time
- Place: Rockhill, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9249° N, 81.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Hill, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9249&lon=-81.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65VT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65VT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wright/Velocity VELOCITY XL-RG (registry code 05612W9, https://openairdocs.org/model/wright-velocity-velocity-xl-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WRIGHT/VELOCITY VELOCITY XL-RG
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 188 total, 65 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111023024919I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 23, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 LOCAL, 1730 ZULU, WRIGHT/VELOCITY AIRCRAFT VELOCITY XL-RG, N65VT, S/N 3RX111 WAS LANDING IN ROCKHILL, SC, AT UZA ON RUNWAY 20.  THE PILOT STATED ON TOUCHDOWN NOSE WHEEL BEGIN TO SHIMMYTHEN AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED IMPACTING THE RUNWAY COMING TO A STOP.INSPECTION OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FOUND THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT TUBE FAILED / BROKE OFF.THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE REDESIGNED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO INCORPORATE A SHIMMY DAMPER; THE OWNER HAS ORDERED THE NEW LANDING GEAR ASSY.

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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