20141111021499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pzl-Mielec M2601 · Lynchburg, VA · November 11, 2014

Date
November 11, 2014 · 15:50 local
Place
Lynchburg, VA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2601M
Reported as
Pzl-Mielec M2601
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours
19,000 total5 in this make and model69 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.

A/c landed on runway 22 with nose gear retracted. Minor damage to nose gear door, engine exhuast pipe and two propellor blade tips. Investigation found that the nose gear actuator failed and the emergency extension nitrogen bottle was found empty.

As the FAA filed it

A/C LANDED ON RUNWAY 22 WITH NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR DOOR, ENGINE EXHUAST PIPE AND TWO PROPELLOR BLADE TIPS. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR FAILED AND THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION NITROGEN BOTTLE WAS FOUND EMPTY.