Incident Jodel D.113 F-PLJC,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24548
 
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Date:Saturday 26 February 2005
Time:15:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic D11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Jodel D.113
Owner/operator:Aero Club de Beaujolais
Registration: F-PLJC
MSN: 1635
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Nîmes-Courbessac Airfield, Gard 30 -   France
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Nimes-Courbessac aerodrome
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: BEA
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
According to a rough translation from French into English of the official BEA France accident report:

"The pilots take off from the Nimes-Courbessac aerodrome (30) in order of the aerodrome circuits in Uzès. They realize several posed-detached on the runway 36 of Uzès. During the last landing, the aircraft boarded To the right, stops after a race of about forty Meters and then tilts forward.

Examination of the aircraft shows that the axis holding the two arms of the The right wheel is missing. The right wheel is crazy around the axis of the train landing. The nut for tightening the axle of the two arms of the compass of the wheel Left is also absent.

These nuts are of the "self-braking" type. Braking is provided by a ring Non-threaded nylon. The plane was bought from an individual about six months ago. The Programs do not provide for special train inspection landing. However, the previous owner indicated that he was The axle holding nuts at each of these visits. No intervention Technical information is not mentioned in the aircraft documentation. No axle and nut characteristics were found in the Bundle of planes.

Examination of the axes and nuts shows that their diameters and their Screws allow mounting. However, the profile of the axle and nut threads Are different, which makes it impossible to contact the flanks of the threads The screw and the nut. This assembly does not To ensure the effectiveness of the clamping. Successive clamping was applied during
Maintenance operations. They have led to the progressive deterioration of the No screws at the end of the stroke and the nylon ring. Under the effect of vibrations Or stresses the nuts turned until disappearing.

Self-locking nuts are designed to be tightened only once."

Event: disassembly of the compass arms From main landing trains, Tilting forward.
Causes identified:
incomplete technical information, lack of knowledge of the characteristics Axles and nuts of compasses,Inadequate maintenance operations.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: BEA
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2005/f-jc050226/pdf/f-jc050226.pdf
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20120928112413/http://www.immat.aviation-civile.gouv.fr:80/immat/servlet/aeronef_liste.html
3. http://tagazous.free.fr/affichage2.php?img=6064

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
16-Jul-2017 20:00 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]

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