# Incident 20171030020499I: Steele Dennis A GLASAIR III, West Chicago, IL, October 30, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2017, 14:30 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N330DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N330DS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Steele Dennis A GLASAIR III (registry code 056039G, https://openairdocs.org/model/steele-dennis-a-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-S1A5 (registry code 41788, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-s1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEELE DENNIS A GLASAIR III
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-S1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,810 total, 320 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171030020499I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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