# Incident 20121221028989I: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD, San Marcos, TX, December 21, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2012, 16:24 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Airport: San Marcos
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8927° N, 97.8630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN MARCOS RGNL (HYI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8927&lon=-97.8630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N292V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N292V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB-20 TRINIDAD
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,851 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121221028989I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD NORMAL TAKE OFF ON CLIMB OUT REPORTED TO TOWER LOW BATTERY READING. PILOT REQUESTED IMMEDIATE RETURN BACK TO AIRPORT.

ON FINAL APPROACH TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO LOWER GEAR IN NORMAL MANNER AND POSITION FLAPS FOR LANDING. FLAPS DID NOT EXTEND PAST FIVE DEGREES DUE TO LOSS OF ELECTRICS.

USED EMERGENCY SYSTEM TO LOWER GEAR BUT HAD NO GEAR LIGHTS INDICATING GEAR WAS DOWN AND IN THE LOCKED POSITION.

UPON LANDING MAIN GEAR CONTACTED RUNWAY AND FELT NORMAL. AS NOSE WHEEL ROTATED INTO CONTACT WITH RUNWAY EXCESSIVE NOSE WHEEL VIBRATION WAS NOTICED. AS AIRCRAFT SLOWED DOWN NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED CAUSING PROP STRIKES. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO FORWARD BELLY SECTION NOSE WHEEL WELL DOORS AND PROPELLER.

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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