ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 370053
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| Date: | Monday 8 August 1988 |
| Time: | 00:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 320E |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N222L |
| MSN: | 320E-0053 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Springfield, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Boulder, CO (1V5) |
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| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DRG A NIGHT ARRIVAL, THE PLT FAILED TO GET A DOWN & LOCKED INDCN FOR THE NOSE GEAR. HE MADE SVRL LOW PASSES OVER THE RWY FOR OBSERVATION. TOWER & FIRE/RESCUE PERSONNEL RPRTD THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE EXTENDED, SO THE PLT MADE A NORMAL LANDING. AS THE NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED THE RWY, IT COLLAPSED. DRG A POST-ACDNT EXAM, A MECHANIC NOTED THAT THE TORQUE TUBE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED. HE RPRTD THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS OUT OF RIG. ALSO, HE RPRTD THAT IN HIS OPINION, A 'PREVIOUS REPAIR WAS NOT OF A QUALITY THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE STRENGTH OF THE ORIGINAL FACTORY DESIGN' & WOULD NOT HOLD THE SUPPORT RIGID DURING LANDING GEAR CYCLING.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI88LA196
History of this aircraft
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| 28 August 2021 | N222L | Two Motor Odor LLC | 0 | Archer County west of Windthorst, TX | |
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