20111223029609I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR22 · Cincinnati, OH · December 23, 2011

Date: December 23, 2011 · 16:11 local
Place: Cincinnati, OH
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1640C
Reported as: Cirrus Design SR22
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N1640CRegistration cancelled Jan 7, 2019 · Cirrus Design SR22S/N 0579 · Built 2003 Airframe modelCirrus Design SR22 Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

12/23/2011, 1611, N1640C landed on runway 3 left at the Cincinnati lunken airport. The aircraft was being flown by a student pilot and flight instructor. During the landing roll out, the flight instructor stated the student performed a smooth landing, and as the nose was comming down it went farther than normal. At that time the instructor took control of the aircraft and pulled up on the nose. As speed bled off, the nose lowered and the propeller contacted the pavement and the aircraft proceded to slide / roll down the runway. The nose gear had departed the aircraft. Damage was limited to the propeller, nose gear farings, and cowling. The nose gear strut snapped off at the forward nose gear cross tube bolt and bushing. Indications at the shear point show signs of corrosion and potential cracking at the forward cross tube and the nose strut tube. Cracks were also noted at the forward fillet welds and upper gusset plate.

As the FAA filed it

12/23/2011, 1611, N1640C LANDED ON RUNWAY 3 LEFT AT THE CINCINNATI LUNKEN AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN BY A STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THE STUDENT PERFORMED A SMOOTH LANDING, AND AS THE NOSE WAS COMMING DOWN IT WENT FARTHER THAN NORMAL. AT THAT TIME THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PULLED UP ON THE NOSE. AS SPEED BLED OFF, THE NOSE LOWERED AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE PAVEMENT AND THE AIRCRAFT PROCEDED TO SLIDE / ROLL DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR FARINGS, AND COWLING. THE NOSE GEAR STRUT SNAPPED OFF AT THE FORWARD NOSE GEAR CROSS TUBE BOLT AND BUSHING. INDICATIONS AT THE SHEAR POINT SHOW SIGNS OF CORROSION AND POTENTIAL CRACKING AT THE FORWARD CROSS TUBE AND THE NOSE STRUT TUBE. CRACKS WERE ALSO NOTED AT THE FORWARD FILLET WELDS AND UPPER GUSSET PLATE.