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A beech H18 on landing roll at approximately 10 mph had the nose gear collapse incurring major damage caused by a broken adjustment screw on the over-center lock link.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 456304 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199911 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fll.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lga.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Twin Beech 18 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 456304 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Company Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After normal approach and landing sequence, on the rollout at approximately 10 mph, the nose gear collapsed. All phases of flight and pilot performance were normal. Collapse was apparently a misadjusted over-center brace and switch. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a beech H18 and the failure was caused by a broken adjustment screw in the over-center lock link. The reporter said the aircraft incurred major damage -- propellers, engine sudden stoppage, and forward fuselage rebuild from the windshield bulkhead forward to the radome. The reporter stated the aircraft had no previous work accomplished on the nose gear assembly over the last yr.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BEECH H18 ON LNDG ROLL AT APPROX 10 MPH HAD THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE INCURRING MAJOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A BROKEN ADJUSTMENT SCREW ON THE OVER-CTR LOCK LINK.
Narrative: AFTER NORMAL APCH AND LNDG SEQUENCE, ON THE ROLLOUT AT APPROX 10 MPH, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. ALL PHASES OF FLT AND PLT PERFORMANCE WERE NORMAL. COLLAPSE WAS APPARENTLY A MISADJUSTED OVER-CTR BRACE AND SWITCH. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A BEECH H18 AND THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A BROKEN ADJUSTMENT SCREW IN THE OVER-CTR LOCK LINK. THE RPTR SAID THE ACFT INCURRED MAJOR DAMAGE -- PROPS, ENG SUDDEN STOPPAGE, AND FORWARD FUSELAGE REBUILD FROM THE WINDSHIELD BULKHEAD FORWARD TO THE RADOME. THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT HAD NO PREVIOUS WORK ACCOMPLISHED ON THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY OVER THE LAST YR.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.