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FAA incident report · Savier Helmut Klaus SAVIER EZ · Camarillo, CA · February 12, 2021

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Date
February 12, 2021 · 16:47 local
Place
Camarillo, CA
Airport
Camarillo
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N360KS
Reported as
Savier Helmut Klaus Savier EZ
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total1,200 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days
N360KSRegistered now · Savier Helmut Klaus SAVIER EZS/N SEZ-1 · Built 2010Airframe modelSavier Helmut Klaus SAVIER EZEngine modelLycoming O-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On February 12, at 1647 PST, the nose wheel assembly on incident aircraft, N360KS, departed from the (fiberglass) nose gear strut during an unusually fast landing. The nose settled approximately one foot down from the airplane, and the airplane was directionally stable, grinding on the strut. The aircraft brakes remained effective. Only damage was to the nose gear strut, and a dent in the rim of the nose wheel. Incident pilot was able to push the airplane off of the runway within minutes, and the runway reopened after airport operations retrieved the nose wheel.

As the FAA filed it

ON FEBRUARY 12, AT 1647 PST, THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY ON INCIDENT AIRCRAFT, N360KS, DEPARTED FROM THE (FIBERGLASS) NOSE GEAR STRUT DURING AN UNUSUALLY FAST LANDING. THE NOSE SETTLED APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT DOWN FROM THE AIRPLANE, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DIRECTIONALLY STABLE, GRINDING ON THE STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT BRAKES REMAINED EFFECTIVE. ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE NOSE GEAR STRUT, AND A DENT IN THE RIM OF THE NOSE WHEEL. INCIDENT PILOT WAS ABLE TO PUSH THE AIRPLANE OFF OF THE RUNWAY WITHIN MINUTES, AND THE RUNWAY REOPENED AFTER AIRPORT OPERATIONS RETRIEVED THE NOSE WHEEL.