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Small aircraft collapses nose gear upon landing behind widebody transport. Pilot had received vortex warning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 157033 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199009 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jfk |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 5 |
| ASRS Report | 157033 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Nxyz, an small aircraft, collapsed nose gear upon landing runway 04R at jfk. Nxyz came from frg into jfk. He was instructed to follow a widebody transport straight in. Nxyz was on right downwind. Nxyz had the widebody transport in sight, was instructed to follow and received a wake turbulence cautionary advisory. He was cleared to land, and advised his nose gear had collapsed. After landing local control and ground control coordinated to get emergency vehs to the scene expeditiously.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA COLLAPSES NOSE GEAR UPON LNDG BEHIND WDB. PLT HAD RECEIVED VORTEX WARNING.
Narrative: NXYZ, AN SMA, COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR UPON LNDG RWY 04R AT JFK. NXYZ CAME FROM FRG INTO JFK. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO FOLLOW A WDB STRAIGHT IN. NXYZ WAS ON RIGHT DOWNWIND. NXYZ HAD THE WDB IN SIGHT, WAS INSTRUCTED TO FOLLOW AND RECEIVED A WAKE TURB CAUTIONARY ADVISORY. HE WAS CLRED TO LAND, AND ADVISED HIS NOSE GEAR HAD COLLAPSED. AFTER LNDG LCL CTL AND GND CTL COORDINATED TO GET EMER VEHS TO THE SCENE EXPEDITIOUSLY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.