ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 286627
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| Date: | Thursday 27 August 2009 |
| Time: | 18:45 LT |
| Type: | Lockwood Air Cam |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N950TC |
| MSN: | AC 126 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 295 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hamilton, Montana -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hamilton, MT (6S5) |
| Hamilton, MT (6S5) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot performed three off-airport takeoffs and landings on a river sandbar. During his last landing, a main landing gear wheel separated from his amateur-built twin-engine airplane when an attachment weld sheared. Witnesses were located on a river raft and saw that the airplane appeared to touchdown on a sand/gravel bar that was within 75 yards of their location. During this event, one of the airplane's wheels separated and initially traveled toward them, but then veered away and entered the river. Thereafter, the pilot added power and performed a go-around. When the pilot subsequently landed back at the departure airport, he was unable to maintain directional control of his airplane. The airplane impacted objects, and the right side of the fuselage buckled.
Probable Cause: The separation of the right main landing gear wheel due to the flight's encounter with soft terrain while landing on an unimproved river sandbar. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to attempt a landing on an unimproved off-airport surface.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR09CA421
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2022 13:38 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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