# Incident 20140614012179I: Martin Earnest W QUICKIE Q200, Reading, PA, June 14, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2014, 08:16 local time
- Place: Reading, PA
- Airport: Reading Regional/Carl A Spaatz Fie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3785° N, 75.9652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at READING RGNL/CARL A SPAATZ FLD (RDG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3785&lon=-75.9652&mi=10
- Aircraft: N479E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N479E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Martin Earnest W QUICKIE Q200 (registry code 05645C7, https://openairdocs.org/model/martin-earnest-w-quickie-q200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200-A (registry code 17191, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MARTIN EARNEST W QUICKIE Q200
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200-A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 56 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140614012179I

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY JUNE 14, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 0816 EST AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAD LANDED AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AT READING, PA (KRDG). THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN MOVED BY THE PILOT TO THE EASTERN RAMP. THERE WAS 1 PERSON ON BOARD WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES.

ON WEDNESDAY JUNE, 18 I SPOKE WITH THE PILOT, A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND HE STATED THE LANDING WAS NORMAL AND DURING THE ROLLOUT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BROKE.

UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR TUBE WAS BROKEN AND DETACHED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AT THE UPPER ATTACH POINT. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE BREAK IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK THAT CONTAINED CORROSION THAT STARTED AT THE 5 O?CLOCK POSITION AND RADIATED CLOCKWISE TO THE 7 O?CLOCK POSITION. THE REST OF THE TUBE DISPLAYED A CONTINUOUS BREAK FROM THE 7 O?CLOCK POSITION CLOCKWISE TO THE 5 O?CLOCK POSITION. THE METAL AT THE BREAK POINT WAS SHINY AND INDICATED IT HAD BROKEN AT ONE TIME.

DURING REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PILOT?S RECORDS IN THE FAA SPAS DATABASE, 2 PREVIOUS OCCURRENCES HAD HAPPENED IN THE LAST 14 MONTHS WHERE THIS AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED HARD AND OR DEPARTED THE RUNWAY.

ON 04/02/2013 THE PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING AND THE NOSE WHEEL TURNED SIDEWAYS WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT OFF THE RUNWAY. MINOR SCUFF MARK DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED AND THE MATTER WAS CLOSED AS AN OCCURRENCE.

ON 04/12/2014 THE PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE AND DEPART THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT UNDER POWER. IT WAS REPORTED THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. UPON INSPECTION BY THE FAA IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL PANT AND BOTH MAIN GEAR HAD DRIED GRASS BETWEEN THE WHEELS AND WHEEL PANTS. THE MATTER WAS CLOSED AS AN OCCURRENCE.

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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