ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 361671
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Date: | Friday 16 July 1993 |
Time: | 14:00 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-30 |
Owner/operator: | Ed Meier |
Registration: | N7636Y |
MSN: | 30-714 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-320-D1A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Branson, MO -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Millington, TN (2M8) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND, HE NOTICED THAT THE GREEN INDICATOR LIGHT FOR THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. AFTER RECYCLING THE GEAR, THE LIGHT CAME ON AND HE MADE A VISUAL CHECK TO VERIFY THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED. AFTER LANDING, THE AIRPLANE ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 300 TO 400 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY WHEN THE NOSE GEAR, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, COLLAPSED. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED THE NOSE WHEEL GEAR RETRACT ARM HAD FRACTURED.
Probable Cause: the fractured nose gear retract arm which allowed the nose gear to collapse.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI93LA262 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI93LA262
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