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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Wood Tom LANCAIR IVP · Waterford, MI · November 25, 2014

Date
November 25, 2014 · 13:15 local
Place
Waterford, MI
Airport
Oakland County International
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N32TW
Reported as
Wood Tom Lancair IVP
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
12,500 total7 in this make and model75 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.

The aircraft had made it?s second landing on runway 27R at ptk when at approximately 30 knots on the rollout, the nose gear developed a slight shimmy and then slowly collapsed. The main gear remained down and locked. There were no injuries.

When the aircraft was lifted on the runway, the nose gear extended on its own.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT HAD MADE IT?S SECOND LANDING ON RUNWAY 27R AT PTK WHEN AT APPROXIMATELY 30 KNOTS ON THE ROLLOUT, THE NOSE GEAR DEVELOPED A SLIGHT SHIMMY AND THEN SLOWLY COLLAPSED. THE MAIN GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED ON THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED ON ITS OWN.