42.7023° N, 83.4027° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Waterford, MI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 4, 2012 · 10:14 local
Place
Waterford, MI
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N57AM
Reported as
Kittler Robert S Cozy MK IV
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,839 total
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.
On departure from kptk left NLG door was caught by nose tire and rotatedup and into the NLG bay, essentially jamming the nosegear in the "up andlocked" position. All attempts to lower the nose landing gear, both powered and manually,proved futile. Aircraft landed with the nose gear retracted without further incident.
As the FAA filed it
ON DEPARTURE FROM KPTK LEFT NLG DOOR WAS CAUGHT BY NOSE TIRE AND ROTATEDUP AND INTO THE NLG BAY, ESSENTIALLY JAMMING THE NOSEGEAR IN THE "UP ANDLOCKED" POSITION.ALL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, BOTH POWERED AND MANUALLY,PROVED FUTILE.AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.