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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Socata TB-20 · Lancaster, OH · October 17, 2015

Date
October 17, 2015 · 13:10 local
Place
Lancaster, OH
Airport
Fairfield County Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N115DS
Reported as
Socata TB-20
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
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.

-Aircraft entered the pattern to land at klhq.

-Pilot had momentary landing gear indications that showed not down and locked.

-Pilot called UNICOM to get visual verification of gear position.

-Pilot attempted emergency gear extension two times using pilots operating handbook procedures.

-Pilot performed 60 degree bank to lock nose landing gear which was unsuccessful.

-Pilot requested emergency response vehicles to be standing by.

-Pilot performed power off landing.

-Nose gear collapsed upon landing.

As the FAA filed it

-AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE PATTERN TO LAND AT KLHQ.

-PILOT HAD MOMENTARY LANDING GEAR INDICATIONS THAT SHOWED NOT DOWN AND LOCKED.

-PILOT CALLED UNICOM TO GET VISUAL VERIFICATION OF GEAR POSITION.

-PILOT ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION TWO TIMES USING PILOTS OPERATING HANDBOOK PROCEDURES.

-PILOT PERFORMED 60 DEGREE BANK TO LOCK NOSE LANDING GEAR WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.

-PILOT REQUESTED EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES TO BE STANDING BY.

-PILOT PERFORMED POWER OFF LANDING.

-NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING.

Other reports on N115DS · 1

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