- Date
- April 17, 2012, 10:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Oro Valley, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N125APApollo Monsoon
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20120417008629A
- Case key
- 83413
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to lower the nose landing gear in time to prevent it from slamming onto the runway and collapsing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the landing he set the rear two wheels down and tried to hold the nose gear up longer than he previously had. As the trike began to slow, the nose gear slammed onto the runway and collapsed. After the aircraft slid to a stop in the middle of the runway, it tipped over onto its right side, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during the landing on runway 19 he set the rear two wheels down and tried to hold the nose gear up longer than he previously had. As the trike began to slow the nose gear slammed onto the runway and collapsed. After the aircraft slid to a stop in the middle of the runway it tipped over onto its right side, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported the wind at the time of the landing was from 200 degrees at 6 to 8 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N125AP
- Reported as
- Apollo Monsoon
- Category
- Weight-shift
- Serial number
- 00004
- Airframe hours
- 24
- Engine
- Rotax 912ULS, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Macmillan William B
- Registered owner
- Macmillan William B
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 16, 2012 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- 57AZ · Oro Valley, AZ
- Destination
- 57AZ · Oro Valley, AZ
- Airport
- 57AZ · La Cholla Airpark, runway 01, 4,500 × 44 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Sport Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 81 total · 22 in this make and model · 78 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 24, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 8.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.