ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367510
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| Date: | Saturday 13 January 1990 |
| Time: | 11:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6303D |
| MSN: | 18015 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2741 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL C-145-2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Crockett, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Palestine, TX (KPSN) |
| (NONE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
ON TOUCHDOWN, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AXLE BROKE AND THE WHEEL SEPARATED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE VEERED RIGHT, WHEN THE STRUT STUB DUG INTO THE GROUND. POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE FRACTURE SURFACES OF THE FAILED AXLE REVEALED EVIDENCE OF A PRE-EXISTING CRACK ALONG THE BOTTOM 1/3 OF THE AXLE CIRCUMFERENCE. THE REMAINDER OF THE FRACTURE APPEARED TO BE FRESH.
Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AXLE DUE TO FATIGUE WHICH LED TO A LOSS OF CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW90LA056
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 15:13 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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