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A piper cherokee pilot reported a nose gear failure when a gust of wind picked up the aircraft and dropped it in a nose down attitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1371600 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201607 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Nose Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 1249 Flight Crew Type 1061 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
Wind directly down the runway at about 14 knots. After touchdown a large gust lifted the aircraft airborne again. Wind suddenly dissipated and aircraft settled onto the runway in a nose heavy attitude; causing the nose gear to fail.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Piper Cherokee pilot reported a nose gear failure when a gust of wind picked up the aircraft and dropped it in a nose down attitude.
Narrative: Wind directly down the runway at about 14 Knots. After touchdown a large gust lifted the aircraft airborne again. Wind suddenly dissipated and aircraft settled onto the runway in a nose heavy attitude; causing the nose gear to fail.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.