ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292241
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| Date: | Friday 2 June 2006 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23-250 |
| Owner/operator: | Ken Mcree |
| Registration: | N950RM |
| MSN: | 27-4781 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3608 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-CIA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mena, Arkansas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Brownfield, TX (Q26) |
| Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, AR (KMEZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While executing a visual approach to runway 35, the 7,600-hour private pilot confirmed that the landing gear was extended. The pilot reported, that immediately after touching down on the 5,000-foot long, by 75-foot wide asphalt runway, he noticed a lower than usual nose attitude and applied aft pressure on the yoke which resulted in the airplane becoming airborne. The pilot added that "upon settling back onto the runway" the nose landing gear collapsed and the airplane veered to the left. According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, who examined the twin-engine airplane, the pilot "made a hard nose wheel landing which caused the airplane to bounce back into the air." The FAA inspector added that, "Upon another hard landing the nose wheel blew out and the left main gear collapsed." The pilot reported having accumulated approximately 300 hours in the same and model aircraft. The wind at the time of the mishap was reported as light and variable.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper landing flare resulting in a hard landing and his improper recovery procedures for a bounced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DFW06CA153
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 08-Oct-2022 16:12 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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