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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stallings Thomas H THATCHER CX4 · Garden City, KS · July 20, 2013

Date
July 20, 2013 · 08:46 local
Place
Garden City, KS
Airport
Garden City
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N949DC
Reported as
Stallings Thomas H Thatcher CX4
Reported engine
HUMMEL 2400
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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.

privacy data omitted Stated that he was performing touch and goes that morning. He was cleared for runway 12 and he considered the approach to be normal. During the roll out from the landing with all three wheels on the ground, the pilot stated he heard a ?pop? Sound and then he realized that the nose gear had broken off (separated) off the aircraft. The aircraft skidded to a stop. The pilot stated that there was no fire, but some fuel did leak out through the fuel vent. Besides the nose gear broken, the only other damage was the propeller tips were splintered and broken approximately 6? From the tips. The nose cone was scuffed as well.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES THAT MORNING. HE WAS CLEARED FOR RUNWAY 12 AND HE CONSIDERED THE APPROACH TO BE NORMAL. DURING THE ROLL OUT FROM THE LANDING WITH ALL THREE WHEELS ON THE GROUND, THE PILOT STATED HE HEARD A ?POP? SOUND AND THEN HE REALIZED THAT THE NOSE GEAR HAD BROKEN OFF (SEPARATED) OFF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP. THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO FIRE, BUT SOME FUEL DID LEAK OUT THROUGH THE FUEL VENT. BESIDES THE NOSE GEAR BROKEN, THE ONLY OTHER DAMAGE WAS THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE SPLINTERED AND BROKEN APPROXIMATELY 6? FROM THE TIPS. THE NOSE CONE WAS SCUFFED AS WELL.