# Incident 20210417006469I: Giffin Harry L LONG EZ, North Myrtle Be, SC, April 17, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2021, 12:46 local time
- Place: North Myrtle Be, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8118° N, 78.7239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND STRAND (CRE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8118&lon=-78.7239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55GR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55GR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Giffin Harry L LONG EZ (registry code 05690Q5, https://openairdocs.org/model/giffin-harry-l-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GIFFIN HARRY L LONG EZ
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 625 total, 8 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210417006469I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT BOUNCED DURING LANDING AND THE NOSE WHEEL FELL OFF DURING TOUCH DOWN, RUNWAY 05.  SPOKE WITH ATC SPECIALIST WHO WITNESSED LANDING. HE SAID HE SAW THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCE A FEW TIMES WITHIN A 2000FT DISTANCE, AND THEN WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS BARELY MOVING AND TOUCHED DOWN ON NOSEWHEEL, NOSEWHEEL DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. IT IS THE OPINION OF THE SPECIALIST, WHO IS ALSO A PILOT, THAT WHILE THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, IT DID NOT HIT HARD ENOUGH TO CAUSE ANY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT THAT WAS CAUSE THE NOSE WHEEL TO COME OFF AIRCRAFT. INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND BELIEVE STRESS ON NOSEWHEEL OVER TIME IS WHAT CAUSED IT TO DEPART FROM AIRCRAFT.

PTRS #2021SO1301935

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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