# Incident 20141111021499I: Pzl-Mielec M2601, Lynchburg, VA, November 11, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2014, 15:50 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4138° N, 79.1422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lynchburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4138&lon=-79.1422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2601M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2601M-2021-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pzl-Mielec M2601 (registry code 05606IK, https://openairdocs.org/model/pzl-mielec-m2601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PZL-MIELEC M2601
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total, 5 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141111021499I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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