ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218935
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| Date: | Saturday 30 July 1988 |
| Time: | 10:03 |
| Type: |  Cessna 404 |
| Owner/operator: | Hardy Aviation (NT) Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-ANM |
| MSN: | 404-0010 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Darwin Airport (YPDN), Darwin, NT -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | YPDN |
| YSMP | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At his destination, the pilot reported a gear malfunction and use of the emergency gear extension system was unsuccessful. The pilot returned to Darwin and carried out a wheels up landing. Investigation revealed that the left hand nose steering cable had worn through the hydraulic gear extend line. This cable had been routed too close to the hydraulic line during the repair of damage from a prior occurrence.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1988/aair/aair198800724/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/31261/aair198800724.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 December 1985 | VH-BPM | 0 | Townsville Airport (YBTL), Garbutt, QLD | |
sub | |
| 9 November 1987 | VH-ANM | 0 | Peppimenarti Airport (YPEP), Peppimenarti, NT | |
sub | |
| 22 July 2004 | VH-ANM | 0 | Darwin Airport (YPDN), Darwin, NT | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Dec-2018 09:25 | Pineapple | Added |
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