# Incident 20210303000919I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Punta Gorda, FL, March 3, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2021, 15:10 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Punta Gorda
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.9186° N, 81.9909° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUNTA GORDA (PGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.9186&lon=-81.9909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8163V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8163V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 935 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210303000919I

## Narrative

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

ON 03/03/2021, UPON N8163V, LANDING AT PUNTA GORDA (PGD) ON RWY 33,  THE PIC STATED, THE LEFT MAIN TOUCHED DOWN FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT MAIN AND FRONT NOSE GEAR SIMULTANEOUSLY CONTACTING THE GROUND. AS HE WAS SLOWLY LOWERING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) TO THE RUNWAY, HE FELT A "SHIMMY" IN THE NLG. THE NOSE WHEEL MOMENTARILY CAME BACK OFF THE GROUND BEFORE SETTLING BACK DOWN A SECOND TIME. AS SOON AS THE NOSE WHEEL MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND A SECOND TIME HE HEARD AND FELT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DEPARTING FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  A POST INCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE STRUT FAILED AT THE FILLET WELDS WHERE THE REINFORCEMENT BOLT CALLED OUT BY THE SERVICE BULLETIN (SB 2X-32-19 R3) PASSES THROUGH THE NLG STRUCTURE.  DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE PROPELLER FROM THE PROP STRIKE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE SOME LOWER ANTENNAS.

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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