20141231024229A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Eclipse EA500 · Brookhaven, MS · December 31, 2014

Date
December 31, 2014 · 11:00 local
Place
Brookhaven, MS
Airport
Brookhaven-Lincoln County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N706PT
Reported as
Eclipse EA500
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F-A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

This event was originally investigated as an incident because the damage was unknown until a manufacturers inspection could be performed. After the inspection it was determined that the forward pressure bulkhead was damaged when the nose gear collapsed at touchdown. The pilot kept the plane on the runway until all forward motion had stopped. No one was injured and the aircraft was towed to a hangar.

As the FAA filed it

THIS EVENT WAS ORIGINALLY INVESTIGATED AS AN INCIDENT BECAUSE THE DAMAGE WAS UNKNOWN UNTIL A MANUFACTURERS INSPECTION COULD BE PERFORMED. AFTER THE INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FORWARD PRESSURE BULKHEAD WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AT TOUCHDOWN. THE PILOT KEPT THE PLANE ON THE RUNWAY UNTIL ALL FORWARD MOTION HAD STOPPED. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A HANGAR.

Other reports on N706PT · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.