ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 288844
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| Date: | Monday 19 September 2011 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: | Heinlein George GH125 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N79GH |
| MSN: | 01 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 265 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Okeechobee, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Okeechobee County Airport, FL (OBE/KOBE) |
| Okeechobee County Airport, FL (OBE/KOBE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The non-certificated pilot was taxiing the airplane to the ramp area when the right main landing gear collapsed. The airplane rotated 180 degrees, damaging the right wing before coming to rest. A postaccident examination revealed that a bolt in the right main landing gear had fractured. Subsequent examination of the bolt determined that it fractured in overstress due to concomitant shear and bending stresses. In addition, the pilot stated that he might have landed the airplane hard on the day of the accident and also a few times prior to the accident. The right main landing gear bolt had accumulated 265 hours of total time in service. No additional mechanical anomalies were noted with the airplane.
Probable Cause: The non-certificated pilot's improper flare on an earlier flight, which resulted in a hard landing, fracture of the right main landing gear bolt, and subsequent collapse of the right main landing gear.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA11LA519
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Oct-2022 06:51 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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