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Small aircraft pilot suffers a collapsed nose gear on landing. Minimal damage reported. Had FBO mechanic lock nose gear down for ferry flight. Admits to a failure to obtain a ferry permit ala FARS and make entry in logbook.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 369858 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : w49 |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : bze |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 369858 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
On landing, nose gear failed with minimal damage. Mechanic locked nose gear in place for gear down ferry for repair to other local airport. However, no ferry permit was obtained and no logbook entry was made for locking gear down. No safety was compromised, but in retrospect am sure that paperwork criteria was probably not met.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA PLT SUFFERS A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR ON LNDG. MINIMAL DAMAGE RPTED. HAD FBO MECH LOCK NOSE GEAR DOWN FOR FERRY FLT. ADMITS TO A FAILURE TO OBTAIN A FERRY PERMIT ALA FARS AND MAKE ENTRY IN LOGBOOK.
Narrative: ON LNDG, NOSE GEAR FAILED WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE. MECH LOCKED NOSE GEAR IN PLACE FOR GEAR DOWN FERRY FOR REPAIR TO OTHER LCL ARPT. HOWEVER, NO FERRY PERMIT WAS OBTAINED AND NO LOGBOOK ENTRY WAS MADE FOR LOCKING GEAR DOWN. NO SAFETY WAS COMPROMISED, BUT IN RETROSPECT AM SURE THAT PAPERWORK CRITERIA WAS PROBABLY NOT MET.
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.