# Incident 20240925018059I: Ken Mishler VELOCITY V-TWIN, Racine, WI, September 25, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2024, 12:25 local time
- Place: Racine, WI
- Airport: John H Batten
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7606° N, 87.8152° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at John H Batten Airport (RAC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7606&lon=-87.8152&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N114AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ken Mishler VELOCITY V-TWIN (registry code 05637J6, https://openairdocs.org/model/ken-mishler-velocity-v-twin) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Delta Hawk DH180A4 (registry code 21001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/delta-hawk-dh180a4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KEN MISHLER VELOCITY V-TWIN
- Reported engine: DELTA HAWK DH180A4
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,103 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240925018059I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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