ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275006
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| Date: | Tuesday 1 February 2022 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage |
| Owner/operator: | Crystal Motorsports LLC |
| Registration: | N35CM |
| MSN: | 4636708 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 202 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Crystal River Airport, FL (KCGC) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL) |
| Crystal River Airport, FL (KCGC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After landing on the turf runway, the airplane drifted slightly to the right of the centerline and the pilot corrected with differential braking and left rudder, which brought the airplane back toward the centerline. When the speed reduced to less than 20 knots, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the lower engine mount was damaged. A landing gear trunnion bolt and fitting were found to have fractured consistent with overload, suggesting they fractured during the collapse rather than beforehand. Remnants of grass from the turf runway were found around the circumference of the right side of the nose landing gear wheel, between the wheel rim and the tire. This is consistent with a significant lateral load on the wheel from the right side, while the wheel was rotating (distributing grass around its circumference). Although it could not be determined when the lateral load occurred, the pilot reported correcting the airplane heading to the left during the landing roll, and tire marks showed the airplane veering left at the end of the landing roll. The lateral load on the nosewheel likely resulted in the overload failure of the trunnion bolt and fitting.
Probable Cause: Collapse of the nose wheel landing gear assembly due to lateral loads encountered on the turf runway during rollout.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA22LA121
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=35CM
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N35CM
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2022 01:02 | Geno | Added |
| 02-Feb-2022 03:36 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2022 04:12 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 02-Feb-2022 05:10 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2022 09:17 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2023 19:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative]] |
| 02-Feb-2024 20:36 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 03-Feb-2024 07:26 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2024 07:27 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport] |
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