What happened
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The aircraft in question took off from st louis downtown airport (cps) for a part 141 flight. The instructor had the student pilot perform a soft field landing as part of his training. The aircraft main wheels touched down and when the nose began to come down, the flight instructor could tell from experience when the aircraft nose wheel should have touched down. Once the instructor realized something was wrong, he pulled the throttle back to attempt to prevent damage to the propeller. The nose gear strut touched down on the on the runway and skidded until the aircraft could be stopped; the damage was limited to the nose landing gear strut. The hardware that kept the nose-landing gear fork on the landing strut was found approximately 10-12 feet from where the aircraft was parked on the ramp. The nose landing gear fork, with the wheel in it, was found right off of the side of the runway where the aircraft would have rotated during takeoff. The bolt that holds the wheel on the strut was found with the broken stud and cotter pin still attached. All of the hardware that holds the fork on the strut was found on the ramp. Cirrus requested that the operator send them the strut for testing. The operator submitted a service difficulty report (SDR) for the landing gear strut. The SDR control number is NI1R2019052801.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRCRAFT IN QUESTION TOOK OFF FROM ST LOUIS DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (CPS) FOR A PART 141 FLIGHT. THE INSTRUCTOR HAD THE STUDENT PILOT PERFORM A SOFT FIELD LANDING AS PART OF HIS TRAINING. THE AIRCRAFT MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN AND WHEN THE NOSE BEGAN TO COME DOWN, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR COULD TELL FROM EXPERIENCE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL SHOULD HAVE TOUCHED DOWN. ONCE THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG, HE PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK TO ATTEMPT TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. THE NOSE GEAR STRUT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE ON THE RUNWAY AND SKIDDED UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT COULD BE STOPPED; THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT. THE HARDWARE THAT KEPT THE NOSE-LANDING GEAR FORK ON THE LANDING STRUT WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 10-12 FEET FROM WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FORK, WITH THE WHEEL IN IT, WAS FOUND RIGHT OFF OF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WOULD HAVE ROTATED DURING TAKEOFF. THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE WHEEL ON THE STRUT WAS FOUND WITH THE BROKEN STUD AND COTTER PIN STILL ATTACHED. ALL OF THE HARDWARE THAT HOLDS THE FORK ON THE STRUT WAS FOUND ON THE RAMP. CIRRUS REQUESTED THAT THE OPERATOR SEND THEM THE STRUT FOR TESTING. THE OPERATOR SUBMITTED A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT (SDR) FOR THE LANDING GEAR STRUT. THE SDR CONTROL NUMBER IS NI1R2019052801.
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