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A student pilot and his instructor evacuated their da-20 on the runway following the failure of the nose gear strut following landing during a planned touch and go. The student pilot reported a recently published FAA special airworthiness information bulletin addressed the possibility of cracks in the strut.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 986942 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201112 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | DA20-C1 Eclipse |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Nose Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 122 Flight Crew Total 2628 Flight Crew Type 974 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Trainee |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 1 Flight Crew Total 125 Flight Crew Type 1 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
I was PIC instructing a student in patterns. Student landed airplane very smoothly in calm winds and was preparing for touch-and-go takeoff. As the nose wheel touched after landing; a slight shimmy developed. Half a second later; the shimmy worsened. The nose wheel and attached gear departed the aircraft. The nose of the aircraft smoothly touched the runway and slid slightly to the left of the centerline. The aircraft stopped; I turned off the master switch and opened the canopy and egressed the aircraft. Four guys from the airport walked up and helped move the aircraft off the runway. We retrieved the nose gear and made sure no other parts were left on the runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A student pilot and his instructor evacuated their DA-20 on the runway following the failure of the nose gear strut following landing during a planned touch and go. The student pilot reported a recently published FAA Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin addressed the possibility of cracks in the strut.
Narrative: I was PIC instructing a student in patterns. Student landed airplane very smoothly in calm winds and was preparing for touch-and-go takeoff. As the nose wheel touched after landing; a slight shimmy developed. Half a second later; the shimmy worsened. The nose wheel and attached gear departed the aircraft. The nose of the aircraft smoothly touched the runway and slid slightly to the left of the centerline. The aircraft stopped; I turned off the Master switch and opened the canopy and egressed the aircraft. Four guys from the airport walked up and helped move the aircraft off the runway. We retrieved the nose gear and made sure no other parts were left on the runway.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.