# NTSB Accident DCA13CA088
> **GENERAL ATOMICS MQ-9** · 2013-05-10 · Cocoa Beach, FL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DCA13CA088
- **Event ID:** 20130511X50706
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2013-05-10
- **Location:** Cocoa Beach, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 28.4675, -80.566665
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 0
## Aircraft
- **Make:** GENERAL ATOMICS
- **Model:** MQ-9
- **Registration:** CBP113
- **FAR Part:** PUBU
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

an improper flare leading to a nose-wheel first touchdown, which resulted in a pilot induced oscillation (PIO).  The PIO caused the UAS to pitch up abruptly on the third nose gear contact with the runway, resulting in the separation of the nose wheel assembly from the landing gear strut.

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