ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367626
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Date: | Tuesday 5 December 1989 |
Time: | 19:30 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-34 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N8426B |
MSN: | 34-8133194 |
Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1662 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL L/TSIO-360 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Tomball, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | (KDWH) |
Destination airport: | Houston, TX (KHOU) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THIS WAS A COMBINATION PERSONAL, BUSINESS & INSTRUCTIONAL FLT. THE INSTRUCTOR PLT (CFI) WAS IN THE RGT FRONT SEAT & THE OTHER PLT (WITH SINGLE/MULTI-ENG, COMMERCIAL RATINGS) WAS IN THE LEFT FRONT SEAT. ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE PLTS, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AS THE ACFT WAS ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT IMPACTED A RWY LIGHT & A TAXIWAY INDICATOR, CROSSED A TAXIWAY & HIT A DITCH. WHEN THE TAXIWAY INDICATOR LIGHT STRUCTURE WAS HIT, THE LEFT WING WAS DAMAGED & IT ERUPTED WITH FIRE. NO REASON WAS FOUND FOR THE NOSE GEAR TO RETRACT OR COLLAPSE.
Probable Cause: COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW90LA042 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW90LA042
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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