# Incident 20220419001869I: Ndn Aircraft Ltd NDN-1 FIRECRACKER, Slidell, LA, April 19, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2022, 11:20 local time
- Place: Slidell, LA
- Airport: Slidell Municipal Apt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3463° N, 89.8208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SLIDELL (ASD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3463&lon=-89.8208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N182FR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N182FR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: NDN NDN-1 FIRECRACKER (registry code 6260103, https://openairdocs.org/model/ndn-ndn-1-firecracker) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540-D4B5 (registry code 41800, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-d4b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NDN AIRCRAFT LTD NDN-1 FIRECRACKER
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540-D4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,139 total, 11 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220419001869I

## Narrative

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

BELOW IS THE PICS DIRECT STATEMENT AS TO THE FACTS.

MID-MORNING ON TUESDAY 19 APR 22, I TOOK N182FR UP VFR FROM KASD (BASE) FOR A LEISURELY SOLO-FLIGHT AROUND THE LOCAL AREA, RETRACTING THE LANDING-GEAR UPON TAKEOFF AFTER USEABLE RUNWAY AS USUAL.  AFTER APPX 20 UNEVENTFUL MINUTES, PILOT PROCEEDED TO RETURN TO KASD FOR A FULL-STOP LANDING, DEPLOYING THE GEAR AT APPX 110MPH IN-PATTERN AS USUAL (VLE BEING 147MPH), BUT THE NOSEWHEEL DID NOT INDICATE A LOCK BY FINAL-LEG SO PILOT PERFORMED A GO-AROUND.

RETURNING TO ALTITUDE PILOT MADE NUMEROUS & VARIOUS ATTEMPTS TO ACHIEVE A LOCK, INCLUDING EVENTUALLY THE PUBLISHED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, TO NO AVAIL.  A LOW-PASS VISUAL INSPECTION BY PERSONS AT THE AIRPORT CONFIRMED THE NOSEGEAR WAS INDEED FLACCID.  OVER AN HOUR INTO THIS, PROCEDURES EXHAUSTED WITH LITTLE HOPE OF AN INDICATED LOCK, HAVING BEEN IN RADIO-COMMUNICATION WITH KASD AIRPORT MANAGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PILOT COORDINATED A PRECAUTIONARY DEPLOYMENT OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AT THE FIELD.

WITH THAT IN PLACE, I PERFORMED A RUNWAY LANDING, INCLUDING SHUTTING DOWN THE FUEL-MIXTURE/ENGINE PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN IN ORDER TO PROTECT IT AS ABLE.  WITH THE NOSEWHEEL GEAR INDEED FAILING, PILOT MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON CENTERLINE AND INFLICTED NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRPORT.  UPON FULL-STOP, PILOT QUICKLY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT (UNINJURED) IN CASE OF RISK.

IN ADDITION TO LOCAL EMERGENCY UNITS, AN AIRCRAFT RECOVERY TEAM (TOW-WAGON) HAPPENED TO BE AT THE AIRPORT AND ONCE EVERYTHING WAS SECURE THEY EXPEDITIOUSLY ASSISTED IN CLEARING THE RUNWAY SO NORMAL OPERATIONS COULD PROCEED.

## Other reports on N182FR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20170825019119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170825019119I), Aug 25, 2017: Ndn Aircraft Ltd NDN-1 FIRECRACKER (N182FR), Sparta, TN, Minor damage. The aircraft main landing gear did not extend normally. The pilot pull the emergency handle but the main gear did not extend. (Nose gear extended properly upon…

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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