ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295184
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 September 2003 |
| Time: | 12:44 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna R182 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6078C |
| MSN: | R18200370 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6028 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-J3C50 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cedar City, Utah -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cedar City Airport, UT (CDC/KCDC) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot took off and attempted to raise the landing gear. He did not hear the gear motor operate. He noted that the main landing gear were still down, and the nose gear was partially retracted. The pilot reported that he recycled the gear several times eventually leaving it down. The pilot said he had cockpit indications that the gear was safe; however, the pilot asked a crash crew at the airport to look at the gear as he flew over. The pilot reported that the crash crew informed him that all three gear were down. The pilot came in for landing. On touching the nose wheel to the runway, the nose wheel came off. The nose gear strut dug into the runway asphalt and subsequently collapsed. An examination of the airplane's nose gear showed the nose gear axle through bolt had a vacant pinhole for a cotter key at the end of the bolt threads. The end nut for the bolt was missing and not found at the accident site. An examination of the engine, engine controls and other airplane systems showed no anomalies.
Probable Cause: the nose wheel separating from the airplane during the precautionary landing. Factors contributing to the accident were the missing nose gear axle through-bolt and the missing cotter pin.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN03LA156
History of this aircraft
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| 29 April 2018 | N6078C | North-Aire Aviation LLC | 0 | Ernest A Love Field Airport (KPRC), Prescott, AZ | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Oct-2022 19:01 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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