ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 297433
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| Date: | Friday 5 April 2002 |
| Time: | 19:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182E Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3184Y |
| MSN: | 18254184 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6089 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-F48B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Red Lodge, Montana -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hailey-Sun Valley Airport, ID (SUN/KSUN) |
| Red Lodge Airport, MT (KRED) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot executed a normal 20-degree flap landing in calm wind conditions to the 4,000 foot long runway. During the rollout the nose wheel of the Cessna 182E separated and the aircraft veered left off the runway. Post-crash metallurgical examination of the nose gear fork fracture surface revealed thumbnail features typical of fatigue cracking that emanated from five different fracture planes. The fatigue regions were very smooth, contained crack arrest positions, and were darkly discolored. The exterior surface of the fork showed no evidence of corrosion pitting or mechanical damage adjacent to the fatigue regions.
Probable Cause: Long term fatigue of the nose landing gear strut fork initiated by side loading which resulted in the separation of the fork from the strut and the consequent collapse of the nose gear. A contributing factor was the ditch the aircraft traversed during the ground roll.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA02FA064
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2022 18:32 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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