ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363167
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| Date: | Friday 7 August 1992 |
| Time: | 20:35 LT |
| Type: |  Questair Venture LX |
| Owner/operator: | Condomonium Spec Ins. |
| Registration: | N95U |
| MSN: | 43 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 58 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-550-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Boca Raton, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Nashville, TN (KBNA) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING, WHILE TAXIING IN HE LOST NOSE GEAR STEERING CONTROL, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. EXAMINATION REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR STEERING ACUATOR HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED WITH AIR, AND WAS JAMMED FULL OPEN.
Probable Cause: THE INADEQUATE INSPECTION/SERVICE OF THE NOSE GEAR ACUATOR BY OTHER MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL CAUSING THE CONTAMINATION AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA92LA161
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 1995 | N4QV | Questair, Inc. | 2 | Des Moines, IA | |
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| 18-Mar-2024 14:15 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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