20200613006159I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR22T · Scottsdale, AZ · June 13, 2020

Date
June 13, 2020 · 07:26 local
Place
Scottsdale, AZ
Airport
Scottsdale Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N546AV
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR22T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-550-K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

According to the pilot, he received instruction by the sdl-atct prior to landing. During landing roll-out, the pilot said the main landing gear touched down first, and slowly the nose gear was lowered onto the runway's surface. The pilot reported that at this time he felt excessive shimmy in the nose gear, during which he applied back pressure on the stick to lift the weight off the nose gear. As the nose gear came down a second time, it appeared that the shimmy had stopped, and that he was level on all three wheels. However, after a few seconds the nose slowly started falling forward until the nose gear had completely collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE RECEIVED INSTRUCTION BY THE SDL-ATCT PRIOR TO LANDING. DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT, THE PILOT SAID THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN FIRST, AND SLOWLY THE NOSE GEAR WAS LOWERED ONTO THE RUNWAY'S SURFACE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AT THIS TIME HE FELT EXCESSIVE SHIMMY IN THE NOSE GEAR, DURING WHICH HE APPLIED BACK PRESSURE ON THE STICK TO LIFT THE WEIGHT OFF THE NOSE GEAR. AS THE NOSE GEAR CAME DOWN A SECOND TIME, IT APPEARED THAT THE SHIMMY HAD STOPPED, AND THAT HE WAS LEVEL ON ALL THREE WHEELS. HOWEVER, AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE NOSE SLOWLY STARTED FALLING FORWARD UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR HAD COMPLETELY COLLAPSED.