# Accident 19930110000269A: Dorner DO228201, Manchester, NH, January 10, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1993, 13:25 local time
- Place: Manchester, NH
- Airport: Manchester Airport-Grenier Indus
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PREA
- Location: 42.9956° N, 71.4548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manchester, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9956&lon=-71.4548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N245RP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N245RP-1995-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dornier DORNIER 228-202 (registry code 2992030, https://openairdocs.org/model/dornier-dornier-228-202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO228201
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE3315
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 2,650 in this make and model, 196 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930110000269A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNABLE EXTEND NOSE GEAR. LANDED NOSE GEAR UP. STRUT WAS COLLAPSED DUE IMPROPER INSTALLATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO93LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA020), Jan 10, 1993: Dornier DO-228-202 (N245RP), Manchester, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: INCORRECT INSTALLATION OF THE SEALS IN THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY, WHICH PREVENTED THE NOSE GEAR FROM LOCKING IN THE DOWN POSITION.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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