20210227003659A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23 · Oshkosh, WI · February 27, 2021

Date
February 27, 2021 · 10:31 local
Place
Oshkosh, WI
Airport
Wittman Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1460P
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN21LA147
Reported as
Piper PA-23
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
32,527 total1,700 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Contacted by the roc at 1130 02/27/21 report of a nose gear collapse N1460P runway 27 osh. Pilot had intermittent landing gear unsafe light during flight. Requested to land runway 27. The pilot did not declare an emergency he had shut the left engine down prior to landing. After landing the aircraft on roll out the aircraft started to pull to the right. Left rudder was applied aircraft. They continued to pull to the right. Left brake was applied to make the correction. Nose gear then collapsed bringing the aircraft to a stop on the runway. Damaging the nose of the aircraft and the right engine and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

CONTACTED BY THE ROC AT 1130 02/27/21 REPORT OF A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE N1460P RUNWAY 27 OSH. PILOT HAD INTERMITTENT LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT DURING FLIGHT. REQUESTED TO LAND RUNWAY 27. THE PILOT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY HE HAD SHUT THE LEFT ENGINE DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING. AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ON ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. LEFT RUDDER WAS APPLIED AIRCRAFT. THEY CONTINUED TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. LEFT BRAKE WAS APPLIED TO MAKE THE CORRECTION. NOSE GEAR THEN COLLAPSED BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. DAMAGING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RIGHT ENGINE AND PROPELLER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.