Nose gear of light twin engine aircraft collapses after landing.

Attributes
ACN	114054
Time
Date	198906
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : 2w8 airport : w28
State Reference	MD
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, 2 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 43 flight time total : 2315 flight time type : 48
ASRS Report	114054
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:

On landing the nose gear collapsed. Was an small aircraft. There was no injuries and damage was limited to both propellers, nose gear doors, and fiberglass nose cone. The cause was a sheared nose gear bolt. This aircraft had a nose gear collapse previously. It is also important to compile records of small aircraft gear problems and disseminate the information to all small aircraft aircraft owners/users.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NOSE GEAR OF LIGHT TWIN ENGINE ACFT COLLAPSES AFTER LNDG.

Narrative: ON LNDG THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. WAS AN SMA. THERE WAS NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO BOTH PROPS, NOSE GEAR DOORS, AND FIBERGLASS NOSE CONE. THE CAUSE WAS A SHEARED NOSE GEAR BOLT. THIS ACFT HAD A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE PREVIOUSLY. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO COMPILE RECORDS OF SMA GEAR PROBLEMS AND DISSEMINATE THE INFO TO ALL SMA ACFT OWNERS/USERS.

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.