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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Wagman John F SONEX · Weirsdale, FL · May 25, 2021

Date
May 25, 2021 · 08:30 local
Place
Weirsdale, FL
Airport
Love Fld
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N706SX
Reported as
Wagman John F Sonex
Reported engine
JABIRU 3300A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
590 total1 in this make and model10 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.

Pilot states he noticed nose landing gear vibration during takeoff roll and discontinued the takeoff. During taxi to clear the runway the nose gear dropped into a gopher or turtle hole causing nose gear damage. Subsequently it was determined that the nose tire was previously damaged by FOD and deflated, unable to roll out of the hole causing propeller strike and NLG to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATES HE NOTICED NOSE LANDING GEAR VIBRATION DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AND DISCONTINUED THE TAKEOFF. DURING TAXI TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR DROPPED INTO A GOPHER OR TURTLE HOLE CAUSING NOSE GEAR DAMAGE. SUBSEQUENTLY IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE TIRE WAS PREVIOUSLY DAMAGED BY FOD AND DEFLATED, UNABLE TO ROLL OUT OF THE HOLE CAUSING PROPELLER STRIKE AND NLG TO COLLAPSE.