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FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · East Liverpool, OH · April 17, 2013

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Date
April 17, 2013 · 13:30 local
Place
East Liverpool, OH
Airport
Columbiana County Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
4AAS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N396JA
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1
Reported engine
Continental IO-240 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
N396JARegistered now · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1S/N C0211 · Built 2003Airframe modelDiamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1Engine modelContinental IO-240 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

The flight school mechanic reused a self-locking nut on the nose gear axle through bolt which is in conflict with the Diamond aircraft maintenance manual. The self-locking nut worked loose and the nose gear axle became partially dislodged from the nose gear fork, causing the nose gear wheel and tire to twist within the fork and severely damaging the nose gear fork.

As the FAA filed it

THE FLIGHT SCHOOL MECHANIC REUSED A SELF-LOCKING NUT ON THE NOSE GEAR AXLE THROUGH BOLT WHICH IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE DIAMOND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANUAL. THE SELF-LOCKING NUT WORKED LOOSE AND THE NOSE GEAR AXLE BECAME PARTIALLY DISLODGED FROM THE NOSE GEAR FORK, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL AND TIRE TO TWIST WITHIN THE FORK AND SEVERELY DAMAGING THE NOSE GEAR FORK.

Other reports on N396JA · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20190920013359ILanding: Touchdown · Heath, OHStudent pilot made a normal approach to landing and upon touchdown, landed in a position to cause the aircraft to porpoise three times. From the third, student applied full power to depart and the prop struck the ground and detached the nose gear.Sep 20, 2019 · Substantial damage