20190526008479I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aero Commander 200D · Pell City, AL · May 26, 2019

Date
May 26, 2019 · 13:45 local
Place
Pell City, AL
Airport
St Clair County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5511M
Reported as
Aero Commander 200D
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
15,500 total

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.

During landing touchdown, an unknown mechanical malfunction occurred with the nose landing gear. Directional control was lost and the aircraft radically departed the runway, coming to rest after approximately 146 yards into the grass runway median. The nose landing gear partially collapsed causing a prop strike.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING TOUCHDOWN, AN UNKNOWN MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OCCURRED WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT RADICALLY DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, COMING TO REST AFTER APPROXIMATELY 146 YARDS INTO THE GRASS RUNWAY MEDIAN. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY COLLAPSED CAUSING A PROP STRIKE.