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A velocity (homebuilt) aircraft had the nose gear fail to extend. Aircraft incurred damage to propeller and lower fuselage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 658625 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200505 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Amateur (Home) Built |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 27 flight time total : 2458 flight time type : 12 |
| ASRS Report | 658625 |
| Events | |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : testing |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Experimental aircraft (27.1 hours on plane) working out problems. Nose gear design has broken twice. We will incorporate a new and better design now. Flying off 40 hours. Nosewheel stuck on deployment. Destroyed propeller and scraped the underside of belly. No engine or wing damage. I walked away intact. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the new design works great and only costs $50.00 but a little too late to save propeller and fuselage damage. The airplane is of all composite construction and is fast. This was classified as an incident with no FAA involvement.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A VELOCITY (HOMEBUILT) ACFT HAD THE NOSE GEAR FAIL TO EXTEND. ACFT INCURRED DAMAGE TO PROP AND LOWER FUSELAGE.
Narrative: EXPERIMENTAL ACFT (27.1 HRS ON PLANE) WORKING OUT PROBS. NOSE GEAR DESIGN HAS BROKEN TWICE. WE WILL INCORPORATE A NEW AND BETTER DESIGN NOW. FLYING OFF 40 HRS. NOSEWHEEL STUCK ON DEPLOYMENT. DESTROYED PROP AND SCRAPED THE UNDERSIDE OF BELLY. NO ENG OR WING DAMAGE. I WALKED AWAY INTACT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE NEW DESIGN WORKS GREAT AND ONLY COSTS $50.00 BUT A LITTLE TOO LATE TO SAVE PROP AND FUSELAGE DAMAGE. THE AIRPLANE IS OF ALL COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION AND IS FAST. THIS WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT WITH NO FAA INVOLVEMENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.