ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 359043
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| Date: | Saturday 6 May 1995 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9347H |
| MSN: | 17266105 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2232 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brooklyn, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Jackson, MI (KJXN) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ON THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN. WHEN THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. AFTER THAT, THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT SHIFTED, AND THE NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED. THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT THEN DUG INTO THE SOD AIRSTRIP, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ATTACH BOLT HAD FAILED. A METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE FRACTURE REVEALED EVIDENCE OF BOTH FATIGUE AND OVERSTRESS SEPARATION.
Probable Cause: FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE FOR LANDING, AND SOFT TERRAIN.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI95LA147
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 December 1984 | N9347H | South Fulton Sky | 0 | Fairburn, GA | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Mar-2024 06:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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