# Incident 20190106007319I: Brim R M/Composite Aero 173/RG-EXL, Melbourne, FL, January 6, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2019, 13:00 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne Int'L
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87BR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87BR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brim R M/Composite Aero 173/RG-EXL (registry code 05604W8, https://openairdocs.org/model/brim-r-m-composite-aero-173-rg-exl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRIM R M/COMPOSITE AERO 173/RG-EXL
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 495 total, 21 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190106007319I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT/OPERATOR OF A BRIM/MACHADO VELOCITY WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO MANEUVERS AT THE MELBOURNE AIRPORT WHEN DURING LANDING ROLLOUT TO A FULL STOP ON 27R; THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED STRIKING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT NEVER LEFT THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT NEVER LOST CONTROL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED THREE ADDITIONAL TOUCH AND GO MANEUVERS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THEY IDENTIFIED, THE NOSE GEAR ARM HAD BROKEN CAUSING THE COLLAPSE. THE KIT MANUFACTURER VELOCITY IN SEBASTIAN PERFORMED A COURTESY INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS SUPERFICIAL/COSMETIC TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE NOSE AND NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE REST OF THE AIRCRAFT OR MAJOR COMPONENTS SUCH AS THE ENGINE/PROPELLERS GIVEN ITS DESIGN. A FERRY PERMIT WILL NOT BE REQUIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER TRAVELED TO KMLB TO REPAIR THE MINOR COMPOSITE DAMAGE. FURTHER EVALUATION OF THE GEAR ARM DEEMED PREVIOUS ISSUES THEREFORE, THE MANUFACTURER INCORPORATED A DESIGN CHANGE HOWEVER, THIS AIRCRAFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH THE NEW IMPROVED PART AND THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT FOR THIS TO BE REMOVED AND REPLACED AS, THE AIRCRAFT IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE AIRCRAFT HAS SINCE THEN BEEN REPAIRED AND IN A CONDITION FOR SAFE FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N87BR (1)

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

- [Incident 20190707009359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190707009359I), Jul 7, 2019: Brim R M/Composite Aero 173/RG-EXL (N87BR), Melbourne, FL, Minor damage. While practicing touch and go's pilot reported his nose gear would not extend. Pilot made several attempts to recycle gear in both normal and emergency modes…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.