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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Fort Lauderdale, FL · February 25, 2016

Date
February 25, 2016 · 16:00 local
Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Fort Lauderdale International
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N265RG
Reported as
Cessna 421C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
8,745 total78 in this make and model66 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.

Aircraft N265RG was taxiing out to taxiway alpha to runway 28R at kfll just about north of A5 suddenly a sound coming from the nose wheel and in seconds the airplane went nose down. Pilot immediately shut off engines. Pilot got off the aircraft and found the nose wheel was missing laying on the taxiway next to aircraft. No one was injury and the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT N265RG WAS TAXIING OUT TO TAXIWAY ALPHA TO RUNWAY 28R AT KFLL JUST ABOUT NORTH OF A5 SUDDENLY A SOUND COMING FROM THE NOSE WHEEL AND IN SECONDS THE AIRPLANE WENT NOSE DOWN. PILOT IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF ENGINES. PILOT GOT OFF THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE NOSE WHEEL WAS MISSING LAYING ON THE TAXIWAY NEXT TO AIRCRAFT. NO ONE WAS INJURY AND THE AIRCRAFT.