# Incident 19950129003439I: Cessna U206B, San Diego, CA, January 29, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1995, 14:30 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3817G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3817G-1997-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206B (registry code 2073322, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,220 total, 875 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950129003439I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 29, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 PST, EVELYN K. AMBROSE LANDED ON RUNWAY 26L, AT BROWN FIELD, SAN DIEGO, CA IN N3817G, A CESSNA MODEL U206B. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT HAD BEEN TO DROP SKY DIVERS. THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY AIR ADVENTURES SKYDIVING INC., A LOCAL FAR PART 105 OPERATION. DURING THE ROLL OUT AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO PULL TO THE RIGHT RAPIDLY. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT SHE IMMEDIATELY SWITCHED THE IGNITION OFF. THE NOSE GEAR FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS CONSIDERED MINOR. AMBROSE, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED; NO FIRE RESULTED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE AFT ATTACH BOLT FOR THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DRAG LINK, PART NUMBER NAS 464P5A42, HAD FAILED, ALLOWING THE NORMALLY FIXED LANDING GEAR TO PARTIALLY RETRACT IN A FORWARD MOTION. THE BOLT AND THE ACCOMPANYING NUT WERE LOCATED IN THE LOWER COWLING AREA. THE FAILURE OF THE BOLT APPEARS TO HAVE ORIGINATED AT AN OLD FRACTURE IN THE THREADED PORTION OF THE BOLT. THE LAST RECORD OF MAINTENANCE THAT WAS PERFORMED TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS ON 10/13/93. THIS INCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A NMAC OR A PILOT DEVIATION.

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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