20231209017789I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Jeffrey P Schuster VELOCITY XLRG · Pao, CA · December 9, 2023

Date
December 9, 2023 · 11:45 local
Place
Pao, CA
Airport
Palo Alto
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7779X
Reported as
Jeffrey P Schuster Velocity Xlrg
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot

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.

Aircraft privacy data omittedtakes off and landing gear is selected to up.

MLG retracts to the up and locked position.

NLG stays in the unlocked position reflected by the unsafe indication in the cockpit.

Pilot selects the down position the MLG comes down and there is no change with the nose gear.

The nose landing gear is unresponsive*

Pilot asks for visual from tower and it seem that the gear is down. Still no down a locked indication.

Pilot touches down and the nose gear slowly retracts until the nose of the aircraft makes contact with the runway.

Upon further investigation it was found that no major damage occured to the aircraft and was considered a minor event by the NTSB.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^TAKES OFF AND LANDING GEAR IS SELECTED TO UP.

MLG RETRACTS TO THE UP AND LOCKED POSITION.

NLG STAYS IN THE UNLOCKED POSITION REFLECTED BY THE UNSAFE INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT.

PILOT SELECTS THE DOWN POSITION THE MLG COMES DOWN AND THERE IS NO CHANGE WITH THE NOSE GEAR.

THE NOSE LANDING GEAR IS UNRESPONSIVE*

PILOT ASKS FOR VISUAL FROM TOWER AND IT SEEM THAT THE GEAR IS DOWN. STILL NO DOWN A LOCKED INDICATION.

PILOT TOUCHES DOWN AND THE NOSE GEAR SLOWLY RETRACTS UNTIL THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT MAKES CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.

UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT NO MAJOR DAMAGE OCCURED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS CONSIDERED A MINOR EVENT BY THE NTSB.