ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 297286
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| Date: | Saturday 18 May 2002 |
| Time: | 17:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage |
| Owner/operator: | Lawtx Travel, Inc. |
| Registration: | N529TX |
| MSN: | 4622045 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Palestine, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX (HOU/KHOU) |
| Palestine Airport, TX (PSN/KPSN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the landing roll when the nose wheel made contact with the runway, the pilot felt a "hard bump followed by a violent jerking motion to the left." The airplane departed the runway before coming to rest. Removal of the engine cowling and examination of the engine mount revealed that the right side of the nose gear actuator aft attach point had separated from the tube cluster on the mount assembly. The actuator was found pushed aft into the firewall, and a section of the firewall, located aft of the nose landing gear actuator, was crushed upward and aft into the forward baggage compartment. According to the manufacturer's representative engineer, the structural integrity at the base of the engine mount was compromised and would require major repair." Photographs and stereoscopic magnification of the separated surface of the nose gear actuator aft attach point showed signatures consistent with overload. Service Bulletin (SB) No. 1103 was issued by the manufacturer for inspection and/or replacement of the engine mount. The SB had not been performed on the accident airplane; however, the owner/pilot reported that it was scheduled to be performed at the next scheduled maintenance visit.
Probable Cause: The failure of the nose gear actuator aft attach point from the tube cluster on the engine mount assembly. A contributing factor was the owner's non-compliance with the service bulletin for inspection/replacement of the engine mount.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW02LA165
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 16:44 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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