# Incident 20230408003029I: Aero Commander 100, Orlando, FL, April 8, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2023, 19:00 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3778X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3778X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 100 (registry code 0140202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 100
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230408003029I

## Narrative

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

ON 04/08/2023 N3778X, A COMMANDER 100, WAS LANDING ON RWY 25 AT KORL WHEN DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE FORK BECAME SEPERATED FROM THE NOSE GEAR STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP SUPPORTED BY THE MAIN GEAR TIRES AND THE NOSE RESTING ON THE EXPOSED NOSE GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY. THE PROP EXPERIENCED A POWER ON STRIKE WITH THE RUNWAY AND NO MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME WAS NOTED. THERE WAS NO INJURIES TO THE THREE SOULS ONBOARD.

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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