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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Northrop/Air Museum N9M · Chino, CA · August 21, 2016

Date: August 21, 2016 · 14:39 local
Place: Chino, CA
Airport: Chino
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9MB
Reported as: Northrop/Air Museum N9M
Reported engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 18,623 total17 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N9MBRegistered now · Northrop/Air Museum N9MS/N 04 · Built 1945 Airframe modelNorthrop/Air Museum N9M Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After normal landing and during rollout, the aircraft felt as if it hit a bump, the nose of the aircraft lowered and a loud metal dragging sound could be heard. As the aircraft came to a stop and the pilot exited the aircraft for examination, it was discovered that the nose landing gear had collapsed and the fuselage was resting on top of the nose landing gear wheel and tire. It was also noted that the tire was flat and it was lodged into the landing gear's fork and that the strut was broken off at around the midpoint.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER NORMAL LANDING AND DURING ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT FELT AS IF IT HIT A BUMP, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT LOWERED AND A LOUD METAL DRAGGING SOUND COULD BE HEARD. AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AND THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT FOR EXAMINATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HAD COLLAPSED AND THE FUSELAGE WAS RESTING ON TOP OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL AND TIRE. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE TIRE WAS FLAT AND IT WAS LODGED INTO THE LANDING GEAR'S FORK AND THAT THE STRUT WAS BROKEN OFF AT AROUND THE MIDPOINT.

Other reports on N9MB · 2

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

Accident 20190422008259AManeuver · Norco, CAMultiple witnesses located near the accident site reported observing the airplane flying on a north eastern heading at a low altitude when it performed a "barrel roll." Several witnesses reported that after the maneuver, the airplane "wobbled[from] side to…Apr 22, 2019 · Destroyed · 1 fatal Incident 20040422009909IDescent · Chino, CA(-23) N9MB, the northrop flying wing, reported a rough running engine prior to landing at Chino, CA without further incident at 221326PDT.Apr 22, 2004