ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199055
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| Date: | Friday 7 August 2015 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Zenith STOL CH 750 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N330B |
| MSN: | 75-7469 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 54 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Charlotte, VT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Shelburne, VT (VT8) |
| Charlotte, VT | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot of the experimental amateur-built airplane stated that, during landing on the turf runway with an 8-knot crosswind, the nose landing gear collapsed and the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. Examination of the nose landing gear fork and doubler revealed that the materials and construction met manufacturer’s specifications. Additionally, the assembly exhibited kinematic deformation, indicative of side loading. Therefore, it is likely that the pilot failed to adequately compensate for the crosswind conditions during landing, which resulted in the side loading of the nose landing gear and its subsequent collapse.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s inadequate compensation for a crosswind during landing, which resulted in a side load application to the nose landing gear and its subsequent collapse.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Aug-2017 16:44 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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