From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft took off and the landing gear is manually retracted and the pilot felt something strange and the NLG failed and detached at threaded screw and nut.
Thus allowing the lower NLG to detach from upper attach point and now free-falling causing the NLG to collapse on landing.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND THE LANDING GEAR IS MANUALLY RETRACTED AND THE PILOT FELT SOMETHING STRANGE AND THE NLG FAILED AND DETACHED AT THREADED SCREW AND NUT.
THUS ALLOWING THE LOWER NLG TO DETACH FROM UPPER ATTACH POINT AND NOW FREE-FALLING CAUSING THE NLG TO COLLAPSE ON LANDING.
Other reports on N277DE · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.