20131009018839I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Commander 114-B · Fairhope, AL · October 9, 2013

Date
October 9, 2013 · 11:20 local
Place
Fairhope, AL
Airport
Sonny Callahan Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6024N
Reported as
Commander 114-B
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
902 total412 in this make and model48 in the last 90 days

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.

After take off gear did not indicate up and locked. Pilot cycled landing gear, failed to get positive lock indication, elected to return to departure point. Nose gear collapsed at approximately 20 KTS during landing rollout. Pilot had stopped engine prior to touchdown. Aircraft came to rest on main mounts and propeller tips with no damage to airframe.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER TAKE OFF GEAR DID NOT INDICATE UP AND LOCKED. PILOT CYCLED LANDING GEAR, FAILED TO GET POSITIVE LOCK INDICATION, ELECTED TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE POINT. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AT APPROXIMATELY 20 KTS DURING LANDING ROLLOUT. PILOT HAD STOPPED ENGINE PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON MAIN MOUNTS AND PROPELLER TIPS WITH NO DAMAGE TO AIRFRAME.