ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353311
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| Date: | Friday 21 May 1999 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bellanca 8KCAB |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5500C |
| MSN: | 401-78 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 708 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming AEIO-320-E2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lufkin, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Nacogdoches, TX |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The left main landing gear separated from the airframe following a normal wheel landing on runway 15. The separation resulted from failure of the 'U-bolt' attaching the left main landing gear to the fuselage. The left wing contacted the ground and the airplane came to rest on the west side of the 4,550 foot runway. A review of the maintenance history of the airplane revealed that the airframe had accumulated a total time of 708 hours. The failed landing gear U-bolt, part number 1-9805, was shipped to the NTSB Materials Laboratories in Washington, D.C., for metallurgical evaluation. The metallurgical evaluation revealed that the bolt failed as a result of fatigue.
Probable Cause: The loss of control due to the separation of the left main landing gear as a result of the fatigue failure of the U-bolt which attaches the landing gear to the airframe.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW99LA145
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 August 1983 | N5500C | Flying S Enterprises | 0 | Kennesaw, GA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Mar-2024 12:40 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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