What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On March 16, 2012, experimental aircraft, N350TX, landed at the Mckinney, TX airport (ktki) and suffered a nose gear malfunction. The pilot reported no indication of a landing gear problem prior to touchdown. The aircraft main gear remained in the down and locked position during the landing and stayed down until the aircraft slid to a stop on the runway. There were no injuries reported. The aircraft was inspected on March 19, 2012 by personnel of the dallas flight standards district office (SW05) and the nose gear spring strut appeared to have failed at the end of the gusset. There appeared to be a previously undetected crack in the lower end of the gusset wield.
As the FAA filed it
ON MARCH 16, 2012, EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, N350TX, LANDED AT THE MCKINNEY, TX AIRPORT (KTKI) AND SUFFERED A NOSE GEAR MALFUNCTION. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INDICATION OF A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT MAIN GEAR REMAINED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION DURING THE LANDING AND STAYED DOWN UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED ON MARCH 19, 2012 BY PERSONNEL OF THE DALLAS FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (SW05) AND THE NOSE GEAR SPRING STRUT APPEARED TO HAVE FAILED AT THE END OF THE GUSSET. THERE APPEARED TO BE A PREVIOUSLY UNDETECTED CRACK IN THE LOWER END OF THE GUSSET WIELD.
Other reports on N350TX · 2
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