GENERAL INFORMATION
Data Source |
ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT DATABASE |
Report Number |
20180130001709I |
Local Date |
30-JAN-18 |
City |
DEKALB |
State |
IL |
Airport Name |
DE KALB TAYLOR MUNI |
Event Type |
INCIDENT |
Mid Air Collision |
NOT A MIDAIR |
AIRCRAFT INFORMATION
Aircraft Damage |
MINOR |
Aircraft Make |
PIPER |
Aircraft Model |
PA23 |
Aircraft Series |
250 |
Airframe Hrs |
14199 |
Type of Operation |
GENERAL OPERATING RULES |
Registration Nbr |
4515P |
Total Aboard |
2 |
Fatalities |
0 |
Injuries |
0 |
Engine Make |
LYCOMI |
Engine Model |
0-540 SERIES |
Environmental/Operations Info
Pilot In Command
Pilot Certificates |
PRIVATE PILOT |
Flight Time Total Hours |
261 |
Total in Make/Model |
26 |
Event Remarks
BOTH THE PILOT AND THE DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER (DPE) ON BOARD STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR POSITION INDICATORS INDICATED THREE GREEN AND THE NOSE WHEEL WAS CONFIRMED DOWN WITH THE COWLING MIRROR. BOTH STATED THAT IT WAS A STABLE APPROACH, SMOOTH LANDING, AND SMOOTH ROLLOUT UNTIL THE NOSE DIPPED DOWNWARD AND THE PROPELLERS STRUCK THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO POST-INCIDENT FIRE.
END REPORT