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.
On take-off roll the aircraft sustained a vibration from the front of the aircraft. The instructor pulled the throttles back to idle and raised the nose of the aircraft to lessen the vibration. As he decreased his speed he lowered the nose and it settled on the ground without the nose wheel being attached. The nose wheel torque links had seperated and the nose strut came out of thew aircraft. So when the aircraft slowed there was no nose wheel to settle the aircraft back on to the ground. The pilots statement stated that the nose torque links were cotter pinned and secure on preflight.
As the FAA filed it
ON TAKE-OFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A VIBRATION FROM THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE INSTRUCTOR PULLED THE THROTTLES BACK TO IDLE AND RAISED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO LESSEN THE VIBRATION. AS HE DECREASED HIS SPEED HE LOWERED THE NOSE AND IT SETTLED ON THE GROUND WITHOUT THE NOSE WHEEL BEING ATTACHED. THE NOSE WHEEL TORQUE LINKS HAD SEPERATED AND THE NOSE STRUT CAME OUT OF THEW AIRCRAFT. SO WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED THERE WAS NO NOSE WHEEL TO SETTLE THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON TO THE GROUND. THE PILOTS STATEMENT STATED THAT THE NOSE TORQUE LINKS WERE COTTER PINNED AND SECURE ON PREFLIGHT.
Other reports on N5236M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.