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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ken Mishler VELOCITY V-TWIN · Racine, WI · September 25, 2024

Date: September 25, 2024 · 12:25 local
Place: Racine, WI
Airport: John H Batten
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N114AC
Reported as: Ken Mishler Velocity V-TWIN
Reported engine: Delta Hawk DH180A4
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,103 total

N114ACRegistered now · Ken Mishler VELOCITY V-TWINS/N VT020 · Built 2018 Airframe modelKen Mishler VELOCITY V-TWIN Engine modelDelta Hawk DH180A44 cycle

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.

Pilot stated that during the landing the nose wheel started to shimmy aggressively. The pilot applied back pressure to the aircraft to take the weight off the nose wheel. Upon slowing down to exit the runway the nose wheel collapsed. After inspection it was found the shimmy damper bolt had been installed incorrectly and that cause the nose to shake enough to break the landing gear bracket. The aircraft slid on the nose gear doors and scuffed the paint and some composite material. There were no injuries and the damage was minor.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING THE NOSE WHEEL STARTED TO SHIMMY AGGRESSIVELY. THE PILOT APPLIED BACK PRESSURE TO THE AIRCRAFT TO TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF THE NOSE WHEEL. UPON SLOWING DOWN TO EXIT THE RUNWAY THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. AFTER INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THE SHIMMY DAMPER BOLT HAD BEEN INSTALLED INCORRECTLY AND THAT CAUSE THE NOSE TO SHAKE ENOUGH TO BREAK THE LANDING GEAR BRACKET. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND SCUFFED THE PAINT AND SOME COMPOSITE MATERIAL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR.