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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Douglas C54D-DC · Houma, LA · November 28, 2011

Date
November 28, 2011 · 16:58 local
Place
Houma, LA
Airport
Houma-Terrebonne
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
NKBG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N67024
Reported as
Douglas C54D-DC
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R-2000 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
39,000 total750 in this make and model12 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 landing and on rollout after a training flight the nose gear did not remain down and locked and slowly retracted forward into the up position. The aircraft steering tubes and landing gear doors made contact with the runway as the airplane came to a stop on center. The main gear remained down and locked as the aircraft rested on its nose.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING AND ON ROLLOUT AFTER A TRAINING FLIGHT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT REMAIN DOWN AND LOCKED AND SLOWLY RETRACTED FORWARD INTO THE UP POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT STEERING TUBES AND LANDING GEAR DOORS MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AS THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP ON CENTER. THE MAIN GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED AS THE AIRCRAFT RESTED ON ITS NOSE.