# Incident 20250501005329I: Socata TB 30 EPSILON, Frederick, MD, May 1, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2025, 12:30 local time
- Place: Frederick, MD
- Airport: Frederick Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4170° N, 77.3747° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREDERICK MUNI (FDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4170&lon=-77.3747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N616MM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N616MM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB 30 EPSILON (registry code 8680601, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-30-epsilon) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO540-L1B5D (registry code 41791, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio540-l1b5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB 30 EPSILON
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO540-L1B5D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 18,398 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250501005329I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 1, 2025, AT 16:30 UTC, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR OF A SOCATA TB30 EPSILON (N616MM) COLLAPSED UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 12 AT FREDERICK AIRPORT (KFDK). THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. PRIOR TO LANDING, THE PILOT REPORTED A POSSIBLE GEAR ISSUE AND CONDUCTED A FLY-BY, DURING WHICH THE TOWER CONTROLLER OBSERVED THAT ONE LANDING GEAR WAS VISIBLE WHILE THE OTHERS APPEARED STOWED.

THE PILOT THEN CIRCLED AND MANUALLY EXTENDED THE GEAR. UPON EXTENSION, THE TOWER CONTROLLER NOTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. THE PILOT REQUESTED A TOUCH-AND-GO TO ASSIST FURTHER WITH THE GEAR EXTENSION. DESPITE THESE EFFORTS, THE GEAR INDICATION SHOWED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS UNLOCKED. ON SHORT FINAL, WHEN THE LANDING WAS ASSURED, THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND ATTEMPTED TO KEEP THE NOSE UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE DURING LANDING. HOWEVER, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED IMMEDIATELY UPON RUNWAY CONTACT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE NOSE GEAR HOUSING DOOR WAS SCRATCHED, AND THE PROPELLER WAS BENT AND CRACKED.

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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