# Incident 20250717009999I: Vulcanair Spa P68R, Lititz, PA, July 17, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2025, 10:12 local time
- Place: Lititz, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N478VA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N478VA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vulcanair P68R (registry code 6780129, https://openairdocs.org/model/vulcanair-p68r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 (registry code 41576, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VULCANAIR SPA P68R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,530 total, 344 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250717009999I

## Narrative

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

BOTH NOSE WHEEL CENTERING CABLES WERE BROKEN, RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR TO FREELY TURN TO ONE SIDE DURING ATTEMPTED RETRACTION. THE TURNED NOSE GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT, JAMMING AGAINST THE FUSELAGE, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR MOUNTING BOLT TO STRETCH AND BREAK UNDER OVERLOAD TENSION.

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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