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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bloodworth Tommy Lancair IV-P · Asheville, NC · July 21, 2012

Date: July 21, 2012 · 09:45 local
Place: Asheville, NC
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N300KT
Reported as: Bloodworth Tommy Lancair IV-P
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-550-E
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 200 in this make and model

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What happened

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

Retractable nose gear collapsed damaging the propeller. Nose gear drag links are made of steel stock and were unpainted with light rust. Forward, middle and aft drag link mount bolts were extremely loose with play in the the shear direction. Nose gear retract actuator aft attach point bent and oleo end of actuator disconnected. Landing gear engine mount attachments severly damaged and dislodged from engine mounts. All lower forward engine mount tubes for landing gear mount sheared from engine shock mount housings. Unable to determine if firewall has damage due to heat shield blanket installation.

As the FAA filed it

RETRACTABLE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DAMAGING THE PROPELLER. NOSE GEAR DRAG LINKS ARE MADE OF STEEL STOCK AND WERE UNPAINTED WITH LIGHT RUST. FORWARD, MIDDLE AND AFT DRAG LINK MOUNT BOLTS WERE EXTREMELY LOOSE WITH PLAY IN THE THE SHEAR DIRECTION. NOSE GEAR RETRACT ACTUATOR AFT ATTACH POINT BENT AND OLEO END OF ACTUATOR DISCONNECTED. LANDING GEAR ENGINE MOUNT ATTACHMENTS SEVERLY DAMAGED AND DISLODGED FROM ENGINE MOUNTS. ALL LOWER FORWARD ENGINE MOUNT TUBES FOR LANDING GEAR MOUNT SHEARED FROM ENGINE SHOCK MOUNT HOUSINGS. UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF FIREWALL HAS DAMAGE DUE TO HEAT SHIELD BLANKET INSTALLATION.