ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 278617
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| Date: | Friday 30 July 2021 |
| Time: | 10:40 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft K35 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N44DB |
| MSN: | D-6074 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4472 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Readington, New Jersey -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Naxos Island National Airport (JNX/LGNX) |
| Readington, NJ | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On the base leg of the traffic pattern, the pilot lowered the landing gear and the green landing gear indicator light illuminated. During the subsequent landing, the main gear touched down, and 'the nose came down like normal but kept going down with a sudden bang.†The airplane slid off the runway, came to rest in the grass, and sustained substantial damage to the forward lower fuselage.
Examination of the airplane revealed that forward end of the landing gear actuator rod was fractured. The failure resulted in insufficient tension to keep the over-center down lock assembly in place.
Probable Cause: The failure of the forward end of the landing gear actuator rod.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA21LA312
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2022 09:29 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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