# Incident 20140601008069I: Siai-Marchetti F.260, Fitchburg, MA, June 1, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2014, 12:00 local time
- Place: Fitchburg, MA
- Airport: Fitchburg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5538° N, 71.7592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FITCHBURG MUNI (FIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5538&lon=-71.7592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7895, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7895) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Siai-Marchetti F.260 (registry code 8121206, https://openairdocs.org/model/siai-marchetti-f-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIAI-MARCHETTI F.260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140601008069I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 3 2014 PILOT DEPARTED STERLING AIRPORT (3B3) AT10AM LOCAL WITH TWO PASSENGERS, ON BOARD. PIC PROCEEDED TO FLY TO A UNIDENTIFIED GRASS STRIP IN VERMONT. UPON LOWERING HIS LANDING GEAR HE HEARD A CLUNK NOISE AND ONLY TWO GREEN INDICATIONS, PIC THEN CONTACTED GROUND PERSONNEL AND WAS ADVISED THAT HIS NOSE WHEEL WAS AT APPROX. 45 DEGREES. PIC THEN DECIDED TO RETURN TO MASS, REACHING CONCORD VOR HE ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED PERMISSION TO LAND AT FITCHBURG AIRPORT. BOSTON TRACON CONTACTED CRASH FIRE AT FITCHBURG. THE PIC THEN CONTACTED THE GROUND FIRE CHIEF AND CO-ORDINATED THE LANDING. AT APPROX 12 NOON LOCAL THE PIC THEN LANDED WITH FULL FLAPS, NO POWER AND SETTLED THE AIRCRAFT IN AND EXPERIENCED A MINOR PROP STRIKE AND MINOR COWLING STRIKE/DAMAGE, WITH THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING FULLY, AIRCRAFT CAME TO A FULL STOP AND THE PIC EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT WITH PASSENGERS TO MEET EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL. THE AIRCRAFT'S LAST CONDITIONAL INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED  ON 10 FEB 2014

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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