old man emu Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 On Saturday morning a Piper LSA operating out of Camden lost its nosewheel on soon after rotating on take off. The following landing was carried out successfully and no one was injured. The attached photo records part of the action during the landing. OME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 cows seem to cope with the excitement ok, no damage to the prop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Good to see that they landed on bitumen. Could have realy ended in tears if they had to land on the grass.That nose wheel tube would have dug in like anchor I reckon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Seems to have done a good job...direction control may have been a problem, i'm sure he can get another nose leg or repair that one............................................................Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 cows seem to cope with the excitement ok, no damage to the prop? Those cows produce Carnation Milk - from contented cows. Not sure about the prop. I'll get the hot gossip tomorrow. OME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Motz operates this aircraft I believe... if so it was in good hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Boy if they didn't ding that prop they would have been within a beesdick of doing so !!!...but lets hope not................................................Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motzartmerv Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Thanx Tomo..But not my aircraft. would have been curtises one. The nosewheel assembly on the Piper sports is its worst issue. The basic design isnt the best, and not helped by the fact some of them were put together backwards. I believe the new model (sports cruiser) have gone with steerable nosewheel and olio.. I wonder of the prop was stopped in this landing??..Looks like it.. Im glad it didnt go over.. She can be landed very very slow if your on the ball. Ossie, was this you mate?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motzartmerv Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Id put money on cracked out bolt holes that hold the nosewheel bracket to the leg joint. You cant see or inspect the holes unless you pull the assembly apart. The shimmey just after takeoff causes the holes to flog out. We found it on ours only after a flat tyre.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattbutton Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Is now a good time to make an offer, mine very keen for a sports cruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motzartmerv Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Pm me. I know of one for sale.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Yes, it was Curtis'. There was no prop strike. Since we don't serice it, I didn't think nit would be polite to go to where it is serviced and make enquiries. The consensus is that it was due to a desgn fault as described above. OME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Nosewheels are a weak point on all planes and the smaller they ( the planes) get, the weaker they ( the nosewheels assembly) are. Shimmy is hard to control an any nosewheel set up and I wonder what most of these castoring efforts operate like. You even get shimmy on tailwheels, but you can taxi with them off the ground if you think you are up to it. ( Nice to be able to do it in an emergency and another reason to consider a tailwheel configuration on a small aircraft.) As has been said, it would be another outcome on grass and a few dollars to be found to get flying again. IF you were unlucky you would tip it over and perhaps write it off. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I like the title of the photo on your desktop LOL "bugger.pdf" That's about right. I guess it was just a prop strike from "sh*t.pdf" Glad everyone's ok... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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