# Incident 20201010012089I: Watkins Billy Ray Jr VELOCITY, Jacksonville, FL, October 10, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2020, 09:10 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222RW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N222RW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Watkins Billy Ray JR VELOCITY (registry code 05616LR, https://openairdocs.org/model/watkins-billy-ray-jr-velocity) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WATKINS BILLY RAY JR VELOCITY
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201010012089I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT UNTIL PERFORMING THE BEFORE LANDING CHECK UPON ARRIVAL AT KISSIMMEE FLORIDA.  THE PILOT NOTICED THE NOSE WHEEL WAS NOT INDICATING DOWN.  THE PILOT ASKED THE CONTROL TOWER TO VISUALLY CHECK IF THE NOSE GEAR HAD DEPLOYED.  THE CONTROL TOWER REPORTED TO THE PILOT THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN, BUT THE TWO MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD DEPLOYED.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO CRAIG MUNICIPAL IN JACKSONVILLE.  UPON ARRIVING AT CRAIG, THE PILOT LANDED WITH THE NOSE WHEEL UP.  UPON INSPECTION AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT NOTICED A SCREW FROM THE NOSE WHEEL FENDER HAD COME LOOSE AND WAS STUCK IN THE NOSE WHEEL GUIDE AND CENTERING MECHANISM PREVENTING EXTENSION.  THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND NOSE GEAR DOORS SUSTAINED DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH SLIDING 800 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY.  NO OTHER DAMAGE OR INJURIES NOTED.

## Other reports on N222RW (1)

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

- [Incident 20140404004719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140404004719I), Apr 4, 2014: Watkins Billy Ray Jr VELOCITY (N222RW), Lakeland, FL, Minor damage. Pilot was advised by ATC to land long and hot on runway 09L at lal. Pilot reported he ran out of runway and proceeded into the grass, causing the the RH MLG to…

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.

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