Pilot Debrief

ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP 695 near Philadelphia, PA — 2023-05-31

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Date
2023-05-31
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Airport
PHL
Aircraft
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP 695
Registration
N515AM
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0
Phase of flight
Landing

Probable cause

Failure of the nose gear support structure for unknown reasons, which resulted in the nose landing gear collapsing during landing.

NTSB narrative

The pilot said that after a normal touch down he felt a wobble in the nose landing gear before it collapsed. The nose landing gear was pushed back into its wheel well and the airplane slid to a stop on the forward lower fuselage, resulting in substantial damage. Postaccident examination revealed the upper drag brace pivot support structure of the nose landing gear was damaged, which most likely allowed the drag brace to rotate and the nose gear to retract/collapse. It was not determined why the support structure failed.

Analysis

Primary failure mode
Mechanical failure

NTSB coding

Evidence available

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Docket documents3

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