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Tri Kis, G-BZDR, 24 May 2014

Air Accidents (AAIB)

Published on 10 December 2014, 23:05

Summary
Failure of nose landing gear leg, Perth Airport, 24 May 2014.
aircraft category
sport-aviation-and-balloons
aircraft type
Tri Kis
bulk published
1
date of occurrence
2014-05-24
location
Perth Airport, Scotland
registration
G-BZDR
report type
correspondence-investigation

Report Overview

Summary:

Following an uneventful flight, the pilot carried out a normal approach and landing on Runway 23 at Perth Airport; the wind was described as light. During the ground roll the pilot reported hearing a loud ‘dink’ and a metallic noise followed by severe nosewheel shimmy. Believing that he had a puncture, the pilot held the control column in the aft position to unload the nosewheel. However he then heard a loud scrapping noise from the area of the nosewheel and so shut the engine down. The aircraft came to a halt on the runway resting on two of the three propeller blades. The pilot transmitted an emergency call before vacating the aircraft. The airfield emergency vehicle attended.

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Tri Kis G-BZDR 09-14.pdf

80� Crown copyright 2014 AAIB Bulletin: 9/2014 G-BZDR EW/G2014/05/14 ACCIDENT Aircraft Type and Registration: Tri Kis, G-BZDR No & Type of Engines: 1 Continental Motors Corp IO-240-A piston engine Year of Manufacture: 2000 (Serial no: 9403) Date & Time (UTC): 24 May 2014 at 0950 hrs Location: Perth Airport, Scotland Type of Flight: Private Persons on Board: Crew - 1 Passengers - None Injuries: Crew - None Passengers - N/A Nature of Damage: Nose landing leg failed, damage to nose leg assembly and propellers. Engine shock-loaded Commander’s Licence: Private Pilot’s Licence Commander’s Age: 54 years Commander’s Flying Experience: 2,628 hours (of which 127 were on type) Last 90 days - 15 hours Last 28 days - 5 hours Information Source: Aircraft Accident Report Form submitted by the pilot Following an uneventful flight, the pilot carried out a normal approach and landing on Runway 23 at Perth Airport; the wind was described as light. During the ground roll the pilot reported hearing a loud ‘dink’ and a metallic noise followed by severe nosewheel shimmy. Believing that he had a puncture, the pilot held the control column in the aft position to unload the nosewheel. However he then heard a loud scrapping noise from the area of the nosewheel and so shut the engine down. The aircraft came to a halt on the runway resting on two of the three propeller blades. The pilot transmitted an emergency call before vacating the aircraft. The airfield emergency vehicle attended. The event occurred as a result of the failure of one side of the fork on the nose landing gear leg. See Figure 1. The owner and the maintenance organisation that examined the landing gear leg reported visual evidence of a fatigue failure. Neither the AAIB nor the Light Aircraft Association had the opportunity to inspect the leg before it was repaired. Failure Figure 1 Failure of the nose landing gear

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G-BZDR Tri Kis Perth Airport, Scotland