BROOKSVILLE, FL, USA
N2447F
PIPER PA-38-112
THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. ACCORDING TO HIM, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AS HE LOWERED THE NOSE ON HIS THIRD LANDING. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND THE PLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT. AFTER DEPARTING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE PLANE NOSED OVER. AN EXAMINATION OF THE NOSE GEAR REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF FATIGUE, CORROSION OR PREVIOUS CRACKS. THE ENGINE MOUNT AND UPPER LANDING GEAR STRUCTURE WERE FOUND TO BE BUCKLED AND SHOWED EVIDENCE OF VERTICAL DECELERATION.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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