Nose gear collapse on landing.

Attributes
ACN	257561
Time
Date	199311
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bqk
State Reference	GA
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, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	government other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 5300
ASRS Report	257561
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I was landing after a test flight in an small aircraft, single engine aircraft. Everything appeared to be normal. I put the landing gear in the down position and I had 3 green lights indicating that all 3 landing gear were down and locked. I suspected nothing. When I landed the main wheels lightly touched the ground. When the nosewheel touched the ground, the aircraft veered hard to the right. I tried to steer the aircraft back to the center of the runway but I had no control over the nosewheel steering. I felt like the nose gear was in danger of collapsing so I pulled the mixture handle out but the engine was not stopped completely when suddenly the nose gear collapsed. The ctring pin in the nose gear was found to have been broken. When the landing gear was retracted the nose gear retracted, turned to the right and, in the wheel well, broke the locking bracket that holds the gear in the down and locked position. This aircraft is a seized united states marshall's airplane that had not flown in about 7 yrs. The plane had been trucked from atlanta, GA, to brunswick, GA, for storage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON LNDG.

Narrative: I WAS LNDG AFTER A TEST FLT IN AN SMA, SINGLE ENG ACFT. EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE NORMAL. I PUT THE LNDG GEAR IN THE DOWN POS AND I HAD 3 GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING THAT ALL 3 LNDG GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. I SUSPECTED NOTHING. WHEN I LANDED THE MAIN WHEELS LIGHTLY TOUCHED THE GND. WHEN THE NOSEWHEEL TOUCHED THE GND, THE ACFT VEERED HARD TO THE R. I TRIED TO STEER THE ACFT BACK TO THE CTR OF THE RWY BUT I HAD NO CTL OVER THE NOSEWHEEL STEERING. I FELT LIKE THE NOSE GEAR WAS IN DANGER OF COLLAPSING SO I PULLED THE MIXTURE HANDLE OUT BUT THE ENG WAS NOT STOPPED COMPLETELY WHEN SUDDENLY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE CTRING PIN IN THE NOSE GEAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN BROKEN. WHEN THE LNDG GEAR WAS RETRACTED THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED, TURNED TO THE R AND, IN THE WHEEL WELL, BROKE THE LOCKING BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE GEAR IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POS. THIS ACFT IS A SEIZED UNITED STATES MARSHALL'S AIRPLANE THAT HAD NOT FLOWN IN ABOUT 7 YRS. THE PLANE HAD BEEN TRUCKED FROM ATLANTA, GA, TO BRUNSWICK, GA, FOR STORAGE.

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.