N87561
Registered owner: FOREST AIRE LLC, AZ (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
1 report on file, 2010-08-22.
Part: LUG — BROKEN (NLG ACTUATOR)
ACFT SUFFERED NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE NEAR THE END OF ITS ROLL OUT AFTER LANDING. PART OF UPPER MOUNTING BRACKET FOR NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR BROKE FREE OF AIRFRAME RELEASING DOWNLOCK CAUSING NOSE TO DROP. BOTH PROPS MADE CONTACT WITH PAVEMENT STOPPING ENGINES WHILE TURNING AT IDLE. PILOT WAS ONLY SOUL ON BOARD AND WAS UNHURT. BOTH EARS OF UPPER ACTUATOR ATTACH/PIVOT POINT LUG WERE BROKEN OFF. EXPOSED CLEAN METAL AT BREAK INDICATED FRESH DAMAGE WITH NO APPARENT CORROSION. IN ADDITION TO PROP STRIKE DAMAGE, ACFT SUFFERED DAMAAGE TO LOWER NOSE SECTION FWD OF STATION. 43, TRANSPONDER ANTENNA PITOT TUBES, PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED DAMAGE TO UPPER ACTUATOR MOUNTING LUG AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURE, RADOME, AND NOSE GEAR DOORS. NOSE GEAR FORK AND ASSOC STRUCTURES WILL BE INSPECTED BUT APPEAR UNDAMAGED.