ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298353
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| Date: | Friday 26 October 2001 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 58 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | San Juan Pilot Training Inc. |
| Registration: | N8117V |
| MSN: | TH-1628 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9842 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-550-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Farmington, New Mexico -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Farmington Municipal Airport, NM (FMN/KFMN) |
| Farmington Municipal Airport, NM (FMN/KFMN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that as the gear was retracted, following a low approach, a "loud bang or clank," was heard. The landing gear in-transit light remained illuminated and the flight proceeded to a practice area where the pilots consulted with the flight school's maintenance personnel via radio. Attempts to correct the gear problem were unsuccessful. The flight then returned to the airport and executed a low pass near the air traffic control tower (ATCT). ATCT personnel reported that both main landing gear appeared down and locked, but the nose landing gear appeared to be partially extended. Subsequently, the airplane landed, and when the nose gear made ground contact, it collapsed. Post landing examination of the airplane revealed that the nose gear actuator retract arm had fractured and was in two pieces. The nose gear actuator retract arm was examined at the NTSB Materials Laboratory in Washington, D.C. It was determined that the retract arm fractured as a result of fatigue cracking that initiated at multiple origins along machining marks on the upper surface of the fracture.
Probable Cause: The failure of the nose gear actuator retract arm due to fatigue.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW02LA074
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Oct-2022 17:00 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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