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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 17-31A · Spokane, WA · April 22, 2018

Date: April 22, 2018 · 14:00 local
Place: Spokane, WA
Airport: Felts Field
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8868V
Reported as: Bellanca 17-31A
Reported engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 159 total130 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

N8868VRegistered now · Bellanca 17-31AS/N 32-62 · Built 1972 Airframe modelBellanca 17-31A Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

Pilot landed at approximately 1400 local time, normal landing ensued, followed by: hard left uncommanded deviation from runway centerline. Pilot attempted maximum correction to the right with rudder/steering controls to keep the aircraft tracking on the runway. These inputs did not correct directional control . Aircraft veered further left and contacted taxiway sign at center taxiway . Nose gear collapsed due to sharp left turning motion and left hand skid on all three landing gear, as shown by marks on the runway. Pilot stated that he had been correcting for a slight right crosswind,with minimal left rudder usage when the aircraft nose settled on the runway and immediately veered "hard left" off of the runway,collapsing the nosegear in the soft sod.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 LOCAL TIME, NORMAL LANDING ENSUED, FOLLOWED BY: HARD LEFT UNCOMMANDED DEVIATION FROM RUNWAY CENTERLINE. PILOT ATTEMPTED MAXIMUM CORRECTION TO THE RIGHT WITH RUDDER/STEERING CONTROLS TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT TRACKING ON THE RUNWAY. THESE INPUTS DID NOT CORRECT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL . AIRCRAFT VEERED FURTHER LEFT AND CONTACTED TAXIWAY SIGN AT CENTER TAXIWAY . NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO SHARP LEFT TURNING MOTION AND LEFT HAND SKID ON ALL THREE LANDING GEAR, AS SHOWN BY MARKS ON THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN CORRECTING FOR A SLIGHT RIGHT CROSSWIND,WITH MINIMAL LEFT RUDDER USAGE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE SETTLED ON THE RUNWAY AND IMMEDIATELY VEERED "HARD LEFT" OFF OF THE RUNWAY,COLLAPSING THE NOSEGEAR IN THE SOFT SOD.

Other reports on N8868V · 1

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

Incident 20000728035729IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Spokane, WA(-23)Landing gear would not extend normally, on emergency extension, nose gear did not lock down and collapsed on landing roll out. Prop strike on runway. A/c blocked runway and was eventually towed to Spokane airways.Jul 28, 2000 · Minor damage