20210131000379I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SF50 · Sedona, AZ · January 31, 2021

Date
January 31, 2021 · 14:16 local
Place
Sedona, AZ
Airport
Sedona Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N100TL
Reported as
Cirrus Design SF50
Reported engine
Williams FJ33-5A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total320 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days

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.

On 01/31/2021 pilot departed scottsdale airport, ksdl to Sedona kse in a Cirrus vision jet N100TLZ. During landing operations and according to the pilot, after touchdown about 1/3 of the way through what would of been a normal roll-out, the nose of the plane settled to the ground with a minor thud, and the scraping of the nose on the ground was heard by the pilot. During a phone interview conducted by this investigator, the pilot thinks he might of inadvertently initiated the nose gear to retract during landing roll-out on runway 3 upon arrival at ksez.

As the FAA filed it

ON 01/31/2021 PILOT DEPARTED SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT, KSDL TO SEDONA KSE IN A CIRRUS VISION JET N100TLZ. DURING LANDING OPERATIONS AND ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AFTER TOUCHDOWN ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY THROUGH WHAT WOULD OF BEEN A NORMAL ROLL-OUT, THE NOSE OF THE PLANE SETTLED TO THE GROUND WITH A MINOR THUD, AND THE SCRAPING OF THE NOSE ON THE GROUND WAS HEARD BY THE PILOT. DURING A PHONE INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY THIS INVESTIGATOR, THE PILOT THINKS HE MIGHT OF INADVERTENTLY INITIATED THE NOSE GEAR TO RETRACT DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT ON RUNWAY 3 UPON ARRIVAL AT KSEZ.