ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366168
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| Date: | Friday 21 September 1990 |
| Time: | 10:46 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N46326 |
| MSN: | 15283031 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1961 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L26 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hayward, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT MADE TWO LANDINGS, AND DURING THE SECOND LANDING THE AIRPLANE'S MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF HIS AIRPLANE. IT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND GROUND LOOPED. THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN MODIFIED BY THE INSTALLATION OF CONVENTIONAL LEAF SPRING MAIN GEAR AND A TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY. A MAIN GEAR ATTACHMENT BOLT WAS FOUND PARTIALLY STRIPPED FROM ITS RESPECTIVE NUT PLATE ASSEMBLY. ONLY ABOUT FOUR OF THE THREADS AT THE BOLT'S END WERE OBSERVED STRIPPED, AND ONLY A PORTION OF THE THREADS IN THE NUT PLATE WERE OBSERVED STRIPPED. DURING THE LANDING, THE IMPROPERLY SECURED BOLT PULLED OUT OF THE NUT PLATE.
Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF THE AIRPLANE'S MAIN LANDING GEAR BOLT/NUT PLATE ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS RELATED TO THE IMPROPER INSTALLATION (THREADING) OF THE GEAR BOLT/NUT ASSEMBLY.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX90LA328
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 July 2001 | N46326 | Private | 0 | Haines, AK | |
sub |
| 16 April 2009 | N46326 | Bouvrie Lukas J | 0 | Talkeetna, Alaska | |
sub |
| Loss of control | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 18:07 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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