ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 289939
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| Date: | Saturday 29 June 2013 |
| Time: | 05:45 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164B Turbo Ag-Cat |
| Owner/operator: | Airworks LLC |
| Registration: | N3633S |
| MSN: | 778B |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11836 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jackson, Tennessee -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Jackson-McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport, TN (MKL/KMKL) |
| Jackson-McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport, TN (MKL/KMKL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Following an uneventful aerial application flight, the airplane returned to the departure airport. During the landing, the airplane drifted right, and, despite the pilot's application of corrective flight controls, the airplane continued to drift away from the runway centerline. The pilot also noted that the right brake seemed to be unresponsive and that the application of the left brake aggravated the drift to the left. The right landing gear leg subsequently collapsed. Examination of the runway following the accident revealed that the right main landing gear wheel rim had broken apart, with the wheel hub separating from the outer wheel rim. Examination of the fracture surfaces revealed only fractures exhibiting features of overstress, rather than fatigue, although some of the fracture surfaces were smeared from contact forces and could not be evaluated. Review of maintenance and airworthiness records beyond the 13 months preceding the accident was not possible, as the records had been destroyed in a fire; therefore the exact service history of the wheel could not be determined. Review of available records showed that during each of the two annual inspections that were performed before the accident, at least some inspection or maintenance to the wheels was performed, with no discrepancies noted.
Probable Cause: A failure of the right main landing gear wheel rim during the landing roll, resulting in a loss of control and a subsequent collapse of the right main landing gear.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA13LA312
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 June 1991 | N36335 | Mid Continent Aircraft | 0 | Newport, AR | |
sub |
| 26 August 2008 | N3633S | Howard Flying Service | 0 | Clarksdale, Mississippi | |
sub |
| Gear collapse | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2022 06:01 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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