# Incident 20160821013979I: Northrop/Air Museum N9M, Chino, CA, August 21, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2016, 14:39 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9MB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9MB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Northrop/Air Museum N9M (registry code 6458006, https://openairdocs.org/model/northrop-air-museum-n9m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTHROP/AIR MUSEUM N9M
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 18,623 total, 17 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160821013979I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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 20190422008259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190422008259A), Apr 22, 2019: Northrop/Air Museum N9M (N9MB), Norco, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Multiple witnesses located near the accident site reported observing the airplane flying on a north eastern heading at a low altitude when it performed a…
- [Incident 20040422009909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040422009909I), Apr 22, 2004: Nortrp N9MB (N9MB), Chino, CA. (-23) N9MB, the northrop flying wing, reported a rough running engine prior to landing at Chino, CA without further incident at 221326PDT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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