At 1120 eastern time, a Piper PA-32RT-300T was damaged when its nose wheel collapsed during landing at Fayetteville, N.C. The pilot was not injured. The pilot reported that the elevator flight control became unresponsive in flight. Using only elevator trim to control pitch, the pilot flew to Fayetteville Regional Airport, where he requested the longest runway for an emergency landing. The nose of the airplane dropped when the pilot reduced power to land, causing the nose wheel to collapse on impact with the runway. A post-flight inspection revealed that the left elevator cable assembly turnbuckle was broken.
October 25, Fayetteville, N.C. / Piper Lance
At 1120 eastern time, a Piper PA-32RT-300T was damaged when its nose wheel collapsed during landing at Fayetteville, N.C. The pilot was not injured. The pilot reported that the elevator flight control became unresponsive in flight. Using only elevator trim to control pitch, the pilot flew to Fayetteville Regional Airport, where he requested the longest runway for an emergency landing. The nose of the airplane dropped when the pilot reduced power to land, causing the nose wheel to collapse on impact with the runway. A post-flight inspection revealed that the left elevator cable assembly turnbuckle was broken....
Key Takeaways:
- A Piper PA-32RT-300T sustained damage to its nose wheel during an emergency landing at Fayetteville, N.C., though the pilot was uninjured.
- The emergency was caused by an unresponsive elevator flight control in flight, later identified as a broken left elevator cable assembly turnbuckle.
- The pilot skillfully used only elevator trim for pitch control and executed a landing where the nose dropped upon power reduction, causing the nose wheel to collapse on impact.
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