# Incident 20170221001089I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Scottsdale, AZ, February 21, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2017, 23:40 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N212LV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N212LV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170221001089I

## Narrative

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

CIRRUS SR-20 N212LV, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON LANDING.

PURPOSE WAS KSDL-KCHD-KSDL PRE-SOLO LANDING PRACTICE.

THE INSTRUCTOR WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT AND STUDENT IN THE LEFT SEAT WITH THE PILOT FLYING.

MISHAP OCCURRED ON FULL STOP LANDING IT WAS TO BE THE LAST LANDING OF THE DAY. LANDING WAS NORMAL AND ON THE CENTERLINE. ON THE ROLLOUT WITH NOSE GEAR ON THE RUNWAY THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE PERPENDICULAR AND NORMAL. THEN THE NOSE GEAR BEGAN TO BUCK VIOLENTLY. THE NOSE WENT UP AND DOWN SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE GEAR TOUCHING THE RUNWAY EACH TIME. AFTER THE THIRD CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT PULLED RIGHT AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO RUDDER INPUTS. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PLANE CAME TO REST ON THE RUNAWAYS RIGHT SIDE.

BY ESTIMATE, THE AIRPLANE HAD TRAVELED ABOUT 1000 FEET BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLAPED.  THEN AFTER ABOUT 300-500 FEET BEFORE THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP.

## Other reports on N212LV (1)

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

- [Incident 20081122856489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081122856489I), Nov 22, 2008: Cirrus SR20 (N212LV), Ft Lauderdale, FL, No damage. Pilot called tower to request permission for priority approach to fxe airport due to a high oil pressure indication. Aircraft landed without incident,…

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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