# Incident 20140901016579I: Fruetel-Moore TURBIN LEGEND, Colorado Spring, CO, September 1, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2014, 13:20 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Colorado Springs Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73XX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73XX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fruetel-Moore TURBIN LEGEND (registry code 05614R4, https://openairdocs.org/model/fruetel-moore-turbin-legend) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Walter 601D (registry code 64005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/walter-601d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRUETEL-MOORE TURBIN LEGEND
- Reported engine: WALTER 601D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 60 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140901016579I

## Narrative

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

AFTER AIRCRAFT N73XX WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17R, PILOT, MR. MCCOMAS SELECTED THE GEAR SWITCH TO THE DOWN POSITION.  AFTER THE SELECTION WAS MADE, NO INDICATION OF MOVEMENT WAS DISPLAYED ON THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL PANEL.  THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT TRANSITION FROM 'UP AND LOCKED' TO THE 'DOWN AND LOCKED' POSITION. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO POSITION THE GEAR TO THE ?DOWN? POSITION, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ UTILIZED THE ?EMERGENCY? SYSTEM TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THIS RESULTED IN THE EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL PANEL DISPLAYED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE NOSE GEAR HOWEVER DISPLAYED ?TRANSITION?. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REQUESTED THAT COS TOWER VERIFY GEAR EXTENSION. THEY STATED THAT IT LOOKED EXTENDED. AFTER CONSIDERING THE OPTIONS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECIDED TO ATTEMPT A LANDING UNDER THE CONDITION THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT REFLECT ?DOWN AND LOCKED?. AFTER TOUCH DOWN, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ KEPT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE GROUND UNTIL AIRSPEED REDUCED AND THE NOSE WAS LOWERED. AT THE POINT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED BACK. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS TO THE PROPELLER ONLY.

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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