ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 355678
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| Date: | Thursday 26 June 1997 |
| Time: | 19:48 LT |
| Type: |  Stolp SA-300 Starduster Too |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N939H |
| MSN: | 939 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 54 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental 670W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Berrien Springs, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (C20) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot in command reported that after an hour long local flight he was returning to make a full stop landing on runway 30. The pilot reported that the touchdown was, 'very smooth and normal, with the power at idle.' The pilot stated that during the landing rollout, 'the aircraft pitched forward and then rotated violently to the left.' The pilot reported that during the left rotation, 'the airplane rolled up onto both right wingtips, and then fell vertically onto its nose.' The airplane came to rest in a nose down attitude, supported by the left wing and right main gear. The left main landing gear axle and support tube were sent to the National Transportation Safety Board Materials Laboratory Division for inspection. The lab report states there was evidence 'indicative of a preexisting brittle fracture area such as fatigue cracking.' The inspection also revealed thinned areas of the tube.
Probable Cause: the failure of the landing gear axle due to fatigue.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI97LA186
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 August 1988 | N939H | Private | 0 | White Cloud, MI | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 14:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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