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| Date: | Sunday 5 January 2025 |
| Time: | 15:26 |
| Type: |  Velocity 173 Elite RG |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N160MH |
| MSN: | DMO-302 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Norfolk International Airport (ORF/KORF), Norfolk, VA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fort Myers-Page Field, FL (FMY/KFMY) |
| Norfolk International Airport, VA (ORF/KORF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At the conclusion of an uneventful cross-country flight, the pilot of the experimental amateurbuilt airplane entered the traffic pattern at the destination airport and extended the airplane’s landing gear. He then observed a normal “down and locked” indication on the airplane’s avionics and continued the landing approach. The pilot described that the wind was coming from the right during the approach, with a reported velocity of about 6 knots, gusting to 18 knots. Shortly after touching down on the runway, the pilot described that there was an abnormal vibration, after which he lost directional control of the airplane. He responded by applying full rudder and brake in an attempt to counter the crosswind. The airplane continued in an uncontrolled slide and drifted left until it came to rest at the left edge of the runway. The airplane’s main landing gear collapsed during the accident sequence and the lower aft and left side of the fuselage were substantially damaged. Additionally, the nose landing gear’s wheel separated at the fork during the accident sequence. Postaccident examination of the landing gear extension/retraction system revealed that it operated normally.
Probable Cause: A landing gear collapse during landing in gusty crosswind conditions.
Weather:
METAR KORF 051951Z 30006G18KT 10SM CLR 07/M16 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP211 T00671161
METAR KORF 052051Z VRB06KT 10SM FEW120 06/M14 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP212 T00611139 55003
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/landing-gear-collapse-velocity-173-222717062.html
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199507
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=160MH
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N160MH/history/20250105/1603Z/KFMY/KORF
https://photos.flightaware.com/photos/retriever/981803a5c17a4c40116054507a26d8f44dd04854 (photo)
Location
Images:
Photo: Virginia State Police
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2025 07:56 | KORFAvation | Added |
| 06-Jan-2025 07:58 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jan-2025 07:59 | ASN | Updated [Cn, Location, ] |
| 06-Jan-2025 08:28 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 06-Jan-2025 10:31 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jan-2025 14:34 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jan-2025 19:02 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jan-2025 23:39 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2025 13:05 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 28-Jan-2025 21:07 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Source, Accident report, ] |
| 16-Jul-2025 15:42 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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