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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Small Douglas A LONG EZ · Norfolk, VA · May 31, 2012

Date
May 31, 2012 · 10:45 local
Place
Norfolk, VA
Airport
Norfolk International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N701DS
Reported as
Small Douglas A Long EZ
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total350 in this make and model10 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.

Upon landing on runway 5, experienced a gear problem. Pilot stated he experienced a nose wheel shimmy. Nose landing gear eventually collapsed causing the aircraft to partiallly exit the runway.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 5, EXPERIENCED A GEAR PROBLEM. PILOT STATED HE EXPERIENCED A NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY. NOSE LANDING GEAR EVENTUALLY COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PARTIALLLY EXIT THE RUNWAY.