ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363517
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 June 1992 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Dexter Aero Club |
| Registration: | N19801 |
| MSN: | 17260764 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3752 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dexter, ME -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Saranac Lake, NY (SLK |
| Dexter, ME (1BO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIRPLANE VEERED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 34. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE 'TRIED TO CORRECT THIS USING RUDDER AND AILERON BUT COULD NOT. WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL WENT OFF THE RUNWAY IT DUG INTO THE GROUND AND THE PLANE FLIPPED OVER.' THE PILOT REPORTED A SHIMMY IN THE NOSEWHEEL DURING HIS LAST TAKEOFF. THE FAA FOUND NO HYDRAULIC FLUID IN THE STRUT OR ON THE CLEAN, DRY RUNWAY; AND THE NOSE GEAR TOP TORQUE LINK BOLT WAS MISSING.
Probable Cause: A FAILURE OF THE TOP TORQUE LINK BOLT ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHICH RESULTED IN A LANDING WITH A FLAT STRUT AND MISALIGNED WHEEL.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC92LA104
History of this aircraft
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| 11 December 2020 | N19801 | Dexter Aero Club | 0 | Dexter Regional Airport (K1B0), ME | |
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