ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284144
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| Date: | Thursday 11 October 2007 |
| Time: | 15:45 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-46-310P Malibu |
| Owner/operator: | Striking Flight Services, Inc. |
| Registration: | N383SA |
| MSN: | 4608033 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4503 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-550-C1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Atlanta, Georgia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Augusta-Bush Field, GA (AGS/KAGS) |
| Atlanta-DeKalb Peachtree Airport, GA (PDK/KPDK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While landing with an approximate 50-degree crosswind from the left, between 6 to 17 knots, the airplane "...began to pull to the left violently and uncontrollably for no apparent reason," when the nose landing gear contacted the runway. The pilot applied right rudder to correct, but the airplane traveled off the left side of the runway onto the grass, and came to rest upright with the nose landing gear collapsed. Arching skid marks from the nose and right main landing gear tires were noted on the runway; the mark from the nose landing gear tire was significantly darker. Damage to the right side of the nose gear wheel was also noted. The right lug of the nose landing gear trunnion was fractured; however, no preexisting anomalies were noted during metallurgical examination. No discrepancies with the nose landing gear steering system were noted. Mechanical and operational issues (rudder input) can result in the nose gear tire not being aligned with the runway at touchdown. No determination could be made as to why the nose landing gear wheel assembly was not aligned with the runway at touchdown.
Probable Cause: A misalignment of the nose landing gear wheel assembly during landing for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA08LA009
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 30-Sep-2022 08:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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