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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Halberg Paul V Trustee GLASAIR-III · Modesto, CA · May 8, 2022

Date
May 8, 2022 · 12:02 local
Place
Modesto, CA
Airport
Modesto
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N550P
Reported as
Halberg Paul V Trustee GLASAIR-III
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,100 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.

On 05/08/2022, the above aircraft was on approach to kmod at approximately 1200 PDT. All indications were normal and the initial touchdown of the main landing gear was noneventful and smooth. During rollout, the nose wheel began to shimmy, leading to the failure of the nose landing gear. The aircraft slid to a stop with minimal damage and the two occupants exited uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

ON 05/08/2022, THE ABOVE AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO KMOD AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 PDT. ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL AND THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NONEVENTFUL AND SMOOTH. DURING ROLLOUT, THE NOSE WHEEL BEGAN TO SHIMMY, LEADING TO THE FAILURE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE AND THE TWO OCCUPANTS EXITED UNINJURED.