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FAA Accident and Incident Reporting System (AIDS)

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.

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