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FAA incident report · Piper PA46-500TP · Lumberton, NC · February 27, 2012

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Date
February 27, 2012 · 17:10 local
Place
Lumberton, NC
Airport
Lumberton Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2406P
Reported as
Piper PA46-500TP
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,149 total31 in this make and model41 in the last 90 days
N2406PRegistered now · Piper PA46-500TPS/N 4697448 · Built 2011Airframe modelPiper PA46-500TPEngine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42ATurbo-prop

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What happened

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

On February 27, 2012, approximately 1700 EDT, a Piper PA46-500TP registered to mickey meenkins farm equipment co inc., privacy data omitted, Lumberton NC 28358 was piloted by privacy data omitted upon landing at Lumberton airport (klbt) the pilot experienced a nose wheel shimmy and the aircraft pulled to the left side of the runway before coming to a stop. Post flight inspection revealed the bolt that connects the upper and lower nose landing gear torque links was missing and the nose gear was turned 90 degrees.

As the FAA filed it

ON FEBRUARY 27, 2012, APPROXIMATELY 1700 EDT, A PIPER PA46-500TP REGISTERED TO MICKEY MEENKINS FARM EQUIPMENT CO INC., ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LUMBERTON NC 28358 WAS PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ UPON LANDING AT LUMBERTON AIRPORT (KLBT) THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY AND THE AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THE BOLT THAT CONNECTS THE UPPER AND LOWER NOSE LANDING GEAR TORQUE LINKS WAS MISSING AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS TURNED 90 DEGREES.