# Incident 20230430009299I: American General Acft Corp AG5B, Houston, TX, April 30, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2023, 12:10 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Ellington Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6073° N, 95.1587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (EFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6073&lon=-95.1587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1197G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1197G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American General Acft AG5B (registry code 3990100, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-general-acft-ag5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN GENERAL ACFT CORP AG5B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230430009299I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RWY 22 AT EFD, THE NOSEWHEEL OF THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED INTO A NARROW SLOT IN THE AIRPLANE ARRESTING GEAR MECHANISM FOR THE RUNWAY. DUE TO THE SMALL SIZE OF THE NOSEWHEEL, THE NOSEWHEEL ENTERED THE ARRESTING GEAR SLOT AND WAS SHEARED FROM THE LANDING GEAR STRUT. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP SUPPORTED BY THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT AND THE MAIN GEAR.

## Other reports on N1197G (2)

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

- [Incident 20230724015569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230724015569I), Jul 24, 2023: American General Acft Corp AG5B (N1197G), Houston, TX, Minor damage. On landing touch-down, the airplane's nose gear collapsed causing minor damage to the airplane fuselage, the landing gear strut, the propeller, and possibly to…
- [Incident 20150407003979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150407003979I), Apr 7, 2015: American General Acft Corp AG5B (N1197G), Laporte, TX, Minor damage. On April 7, 2015, at approximately 15:05 central standard time (CST) a call was received indicating that aircraft registration number N1197G; an American…

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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