ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 360085
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| Date: | Thursday 28 July 1994 |
| Time: | 10:17 LT |
| Type: |  Steen Skybolt |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N919JM |
| MSN: | 001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 138 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-360-A1D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Muscle Shoals, AL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mobile, AL (KMOB) |
| Oskosh, WI (KOSH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. EXAMINATION OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR REVEALED THAT THE GEAR STRUT WAS FRACTURED, AND THE LEFT LANDING GEAR HAD COLLAPSED. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE FRACTURE SURFACE REVEALED A RADIAL AREA ABOUT 3/8 TO 1/2 INCH IN SIZE, THAT WAS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE HOMOGENOUS, FINE, GRAY GRANULAR APPEARANCE OF THE REMAINDER OF THE FRACTURE. THE OUTER 1/32 INCH OF THE DIFFERENT APPEARING AREA WAS DISCOLORED BLACK, WHICH REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF A PREVIOUSLY UNDETECTED FRACTURE.
Probable Cause: The fatigue failure of the main landing gear strut that resulted in a loss of control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL94LA149
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Mar-2024 17:45 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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