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| Date: | Friday 2 August 1996 |
| Time: | 11:00 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou |
| Owner/operator: | Greatland Air Cargo |
| Registration: | N800NC |
| MSN: | 98 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 14638 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R2000-7M2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New Stuyahok, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage, AK (ANC |
| (KKNW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane's nosegear collapsed during a landing roll on a gravel airstrip. Subsequent examination of the nosegear locking mechanism disclosed a failed hydraulic drag strut locking actuator.
Probable Cause: The collapse of the nosegear precipitated by the failure of the hydraulic nosegear drag strut locking actuator.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC96LA115
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 12:33 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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