20171030020499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Steele Dennis A GLASAIR III · West Chicago, IL · October 30, 2017

Date: October 30, 2017 · 14:30 local
Place: West Chicago, IL
Airport: Dupage Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N330DS
Reported as: Steele Dennis A Glasair III
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-540-S1A5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,810 total320 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

N330DSRegistered now · Steele Dennis A GLASAIR IIIS/N 3097 · Built 2011 Airframe modelSteele Dennis A GLASAIR III Engine modelLycoming IO-540-S1A5Reciprocating

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What happened

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

Aircraft N330DS, departed kgyy for kdpa at about 14:00. During take off roll. The pilot thought he hit something on the runway with the nose wheel. Pilot contacted the gary tower to take a look for anything wrong with the airplane as it flew by. Tower personnel stated that everything looked normal. Pilot decided to continue to kdpa with the gear down. Pilot contacted the Dupage tower and asked them to take a look at the nose wheel before landing. They stated that the nose wheel might be dammaged but was present. As the airplane landed at 14:42, the nose wheel shook a little when touching down then fell off as aircraft came to a stop. The propeller struck the runway surface during the landing.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT N330DS, DEPARTED KGYY FOR KDPA AT ABOUT 14:00. DURING TAKE OFF ROLL. THE PILOT THOUGHT HE HIT SOMETHING ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE WHEEL. PILOT CONTACTED THE GARY TOWER TO TAKE A LOOK FOR ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE AIRPLANE AS IT FLEW BY. TOWER PERSONNEL STATED THAT EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL. PILOT DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO KDPA WITH THE GEAR DOWN. PILOT CONTACTED THE DUPAGE TOWER AND ASKED THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE NOSE WHEEL BEFORE LANDING. THEY STATED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL MIGHT BE DAMMAGED BUT WAS PRESENT. AS THE AIRPLANE LANDED AT 14:42, THE NOSE WHEEL SHOOK A LITTLE WHEN TOUCHING DOWN THEN FELL OFF AS AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE DURING THE LANDING.