ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365831
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Date: | Wednesday 26 December 1990 |
Time: | 10:45 LT |
Type: | Cessna 402 |
Owner/operator: | Kci Enterprise Inc |
Registration: | N8138F |
MSN: | 4020232 |
Total airframe hrs: | 7727 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-E |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Richland, VA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Clarksburg, WV (CKB |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT STATED THAT THE APPROACH AND LANDING WERE NORMAL. SHORTLY AFTER BRAKE APPLICATION, THE PILOT FELT A STRONG VIBRATION AND THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT BEFORE IT CAME TO A STOP IN A SMALL RIVER. POST- ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SCISSOR ASSEMBLY FAILED. THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN FLOWN 8 HOURS SINCE ITS MOST RECENT 100 HOUR INSPECTION.
Probable Cause: FAILURE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SCISSOR ASSEMBLY.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | BFO91LA020 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 11 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB BFO91LA020
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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