ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294759
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| Date: | Friday 23 July 2004 |
| Time: | 16:45 LT |
| Type: | Robert J. Labonte Defiant |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N369BL |
| MSN: | D-0369 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 20 hours |
| Engine model: | Eggenfellner EA-6TD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | DeLand, Florida -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | New Smyrna Bch, FL (X50) |
| DeLand Municipal Airport, FL (KDED) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that the flight proceeded to the destination airport area where he lowered the retractable nose landing gear during the base leg to land on runway 05. The flight turned final, touched down first on the main landing gears, then when he lowered the nose landing gear to the runway, it appeared to hold for an instant then collapsed. The airplane slid a distance then came to rest upright; he secured the airplane then both he and the passenger evacuated it. The nose was raised from the runway, the nose landing gear manual gear extension/retraction handle was lowered and locked into position, which locked the nose landing gear into the down and locked position. There is no nose landing gear down and locked light indication in the cockpit; he could see the nose landing gear was extended. He further reported there was no failure of the nose landing gear retraction/extension components, and the nose gear collapse was not a rigging issue but rather his failure to push forward on the retraction/extension handle with enough force.
Probable Cause: The failure of the pilot to fully extend the nose landing gear resulting in collapse of it during the landing roll. A contributing factor in the accident was the lack of a nose landing gear down and locked indicator.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA04LA111
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Oct-2022 08:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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