# Incident 20120530009469I: Thatcher David J CX4, Pensacola, FL, May 30, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2012, 06:58 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Pensacola Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4734° N, 87.1866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PENSACOLA INTL (PNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4734&lon=-87.1866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3058W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3058W-2022-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thatcher David J CX4 (registry code 05612M8, https://openairdocs.org/model/thatcher-david-j-cx4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THATCHER DAVID J CX4
- Reported engine: VOLKSWAGEN CONVERSION
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 35 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120530009469I

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING ROLLOUT THE PILOT EXPERIENCED VIBRATION FROM THE FIXED NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY PLACED THE AIRPLANE IN A NOSE UP ATTITUDE UNTIL LOSS OF LIFT.  UPON CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND FOLDED AFT.  EXAMINATION OF THE NOSE GEAR STRUT TUBE REVEALED SEPARATION OF THE TUBE AT THE UPPER MOUNTING FLANGE.

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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