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Canard pusher landed at mle. On rollout nose gear collapsed account rough runway surface. Damage to fiberglass and grinding on nose strut.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 343684 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199608 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mle |
| State Reference | NE |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Experimental |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 110 flight time total : 1600 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 343684 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Nose gear collapsed during landing rollout. Cause of collapse was rough runway surface, leading to mechanism leaving 'over center' position. Damage limited to scratched paint and fiberglass on nose and grinding on nose gear strut.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CANARD PUSHER LANDED AT MLE. ON ROLLOUT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ACCOUNT ROUGH RWY SURFACE. DAMAGE TO FIBERGLASS AND GRINDING ON NOSE STRUT.
Narrative: NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LNDG ROLLOUT. CAUSE OF COLLAPSE WAS ROUGH RWY SURFACE, LEADING TO MECHANISM LEAVING 'OVER CTR' POS. DAMAGE LIMITED TO SCRATCHED PAINT AND FIBERGLASS ON NOSE AND GRINDING ON NOSE GEAR STRUT.
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.