20210704011169I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Conwell Leslie C GP-4 · Fort Worth, TX · July 4, 2021

Date
July 4, 2021 · 10:10 local
Place
Fort Worth, TX
Airport
Fort Worth Alliance
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N814LM
Reported as
Conwell Leslie C GP-4
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
852 total

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.

Upon landing, the nose gear collapsed and the nose of the aircraft came down on the runway.

Aircraft came to a stop upright on the runway.

Propeller impacted the runway.

Damage to the spinner, and both propeller blades.

Damage to the lower engine cowl.

Damage to landing gear panels on left and right main landing gear. Damage to the nose landing gear door.

There were cracks in the root fairings of both wings.

During inspection of aircraft, discovered there was a clevis pin missing from the right rudder push rod. Clevis pin was found in the right floor board.

Further inspection of aircraft showed no visual damage to the engine mount, fire wall, or wing spar. It was also discovered that the jam nut on the housing for the ?nose gear up lock release cable, was loose at the bulkhead.

There was an entry in the airframe log showing that the owner changed the clevis pin after the conditional inspection.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN ON THE RUNWAY.

AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP UPRIGHT ON THE RUNWAY.

PROPELLER IMPACTED THE RUNWAY.

DAMAGE TO THE SPINNER, AND BOTH PROPELLER BLADES.

DAMAGE TO THE LOWER ENGINE COWL.

DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR PANELS ON LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR.

THERE WERE CRACKS IN THE ROOT FAIRINGS OF BOTH WINGS.

DURING INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT, DISCOVERED THERE WAS A CLEVIS PIN MISSING FROM THE RIGHT RUDDER PUSH ROD. CLEVIS PIN WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT FLOOR BOARD.

FURTHER INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT SHOWED NO VISUAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE MOUNT, FIRE WALL, OR WING SPAR. IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE JAM NUT ON THE HOUSING FOR THE ?NOSE GEAR UP LOCK RELEASE CABLE, WAS LOOSE AT THE BULKHEAD.

THERE WAS AN ENTRY IN THE AIRFRAME LOG SHOWING THAT THE OWNER CHANGED THE CLEVIS PIN AFTER THE CONDITIONAL INSPECTION.