What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft suffered an un-commanded nose landing gear (NLG) retraction event when landing at Hilton Head, SC (hxd). The lower forward section of the fuselage suffered substantial damage. Both left and right main landing gear (MLG) remained down and locked throughout the event.
The pilot stated that the approach was normal. Landing gear indication displayed three green, that all three landing gear were down and locked. Immediately after the aircrafts nose tire made contact with the runway, the fuselage/nose section impacted the runway with a simultaneous gear warning horn and gear unsafe light. The aircraft came to rest without any
Further issues. No post event fire or fluid leaks were observed or reported. The pilot then performed power off and engine shutdown procedures.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT SUFFERED AN UN-COMMANDED NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) RETRACTION EVENT WHEN LANDING AT HILTON HEAD, SC (HXD). THE LOWER FORWARD SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR (MLG) REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.
THE PILOT STATED THAT THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL. LANDING GEAR INDICATION DISPLAYED THREE GREEN, THAT ALL THREE LANDING GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE AIRCRAFTS NOSE TIRE MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, THE FUSELAGE/NOSE SECTION IMPACTED THE RUNWAY WITH A SIMULTANEOUS GEAR WARNING HORN AND GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITHOUT ANY
FURTHER ISSUES. NO POST EVENT FIRE OR FLUID LEAKS WERE OBSERVED OR REPORTED. THE PILOT THEN PERFORMED POWER OFF AND ENGINE SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.