# Incident 20170617013349I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Van Nuys, CA, June 17, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2017, 18:21 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1867° N, 118.4490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Van Nuys, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1867&lon=-118.4490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N872WT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N872WT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 950 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170617013349I

## Narrative

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

ON 6/17/2017, N872WT, AN SR-20 AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 16R AT KVNY.

UPON A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE, AND THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF, AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.

THE INSTRUCTOR AND A STUDENT PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL TUBE LINKAGE HAD INTERNAL CORROSION, AND SNAPPED AND DEPARTED THE MOUNTING BRACKET FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THIS RESULTED IN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT COLLAPSING AND THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY SURFACE.

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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