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Nose gear of small aircraft failed on landing. Postflt inspection revealed gear teeth broken on retraction worm gear.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 111585 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198905 |
| Day | Fri |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sql |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 111585 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Nose gear failed on landing roll found gear teeth broken off gear retraction worm gear. This type of aircraft has a history of this type of failure.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NOSE GEAR OF SMA FAILED ON LNDG. POSTFLT INSPECTION REVEALED GEAR TEETH BROKEN ON RETRACTION WORM GEAR.
Narrative: NOSE GEAR FAILED ON LNDG ROLL FOUND GEAR TEETH BROKEN OFF GEAR RETRACTION WORM GEAR. THIS TYPE OF ACFT HAS A HISTORY OF THIS TYPE OF FAILURE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.