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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301T · Las Vegas, NV · May 15, 2014

Date: May 15, 2014 · 13:51 local
Place: Las Vegas, NV
Airport: North Las Vegas
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N26849
Reported as: Piper PA-32R-301T
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 635 total320 in this make and model25 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.

1. Pilot was at 80 knots indicated and felt a slight vibration as the nose gear started to clear the runway, at which time the vibration turned into a complete blowout of the nose gear tire over approximately a three (3) seconds timeframe. The nose attitude began to fall; the nose gear collapsed into the nose gear well, which the pilot states turned into a prop strike.

2. Pilot states he cut the throttle within "one second" of the vibration beginning, slid a long ways before coming to rest on the asphalt of runway 12R, just left of center-line.

As the FAA filed it

1. PILOT WAS AT 80 KNOTS INDICATED AND FELT A SLIGHT VIBRATION AS THE NOSE GEAR STARTED TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY, AT WHICH TIME THE VIBRATION TURNED INTO A COMPLETE BLOWOUT OF THE NOSE GEAR TIRE OVER APPROXIMATELY A THREE (3) SECONDS TIMEFRAME. THE NOSE ATTITUDE BEGAN TO FALL; THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED INTO THE NOSE GEAR WELL, WHICH THE PILOT STATES TURNED INTO A PROP STRIKE.

2. PILOT STATES HE CUT THE THROTTLE WITHIN "ONE SECOND" OF THE VIBRATION BEGINNING, SLID A LONG WAYS BEFORE COMING TO REST ON THE ASPHALT OF RUNWAY 12R, JUST LEFT OF CENTER-LINE.