# Incident 20131205026049I: Mooney M22, Prescott, AZ, December 5, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2013, 14:15 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Earnest A. Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7712M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7712M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M22 (registry code 5870402, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M22
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-541 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131205026049I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS GOING TO REPOSITION HIS AIRCRAFT FROM THE HOME BASE OF PRESCOTT (PRC) TO LAS CRUCES (LRU) TO HAVE A NEW INTERIOR PUT IN THE AIRCRAFT.  APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS LATER THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PRESCOTT BECAUSE THE PILOT HAD ENCOUNTERED DETERIORATING WEATHER ALONG HIS ROUTE.  AFTER TOUCHING DOWN AND DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY.  UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THE SEALED INTERIOR PORTION OF THE TORQUE TUBE ASSEMBLY ON THE NOSE GEAR HAD EXPERIENCED EXSTENSIVE WEAR OVER TIME CAUSING THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO UNLOCK UNEXECTEDLY AND COLLAPSE ON LANDING ROLLOUT.

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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