ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218729
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| Date: | Friday 6 May 1988 |
| Time: | 13:51 |
| Type: |  Cessna A185E |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-FLU |
| MSN: | 185-1315 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Leigh Creek Airport (YLEC), Leigh Creek, SA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | YMIA |
| YLEC | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the landing at Leigh Creek the left main gear leg folded back. Investigation found that a bolt had withdrawn from the front of the left main gear attachment fitting, and its retaining nut was missing. The condition of the bolt thread suggested that the nut had been missing for some time. How the nut came to be missing was not determined.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1988/aair/aair198800714/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/28820/aair198800714.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Nov-2018 10:05 | Pineapple | Added |
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