# Accident 19980609024769A: Cessna R172K, Omaha, NE, June 9, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1998, 21:10 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: North Omaha Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3540° N, 96.0192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3540&lon=-96.0192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N758FY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N758FY-2007-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 296 total, 195 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980609024769A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN. (.4)THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY, HAD A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN, AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ONCE DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT.  APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 YARDS INTO THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE LEFT AXLE BROKE, CAUSING THE LEFT GEAR LEG TO PENETRATE INTO THE TURF RUNWAY.  THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND, AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, AND THEN CAME TO A STOP IN AN INVERTED POSITION.  PILOT STATED THAT HE SHUT DOWN ALL OF THE AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND EVACUATED THE PASSENGERS FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION SHOWED NO INDICATIONS OF A HARD LANDING OR SIGNIFICANT SIDE-LOADING APPLIED TO THE LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN CONVERTED INTO A CONVENTIONAL GEAR TYPE AIRCRAFT UNDER A SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATE (STC) IN JUNE OF 1995.  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DONE BY AN INSPECTOR WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) SHOWED THAT THE STC REQUIRES THAT THERE IS AN INSTALLATION OF WHEEL SPINDLES INSIDE THE AXLE ASSEMBLIES TO PROVIDE REINFORCEMENT.  ON SITE INVESTIGATION, COMPLETED BY THE FAA, INDICATED THAT THE A                                                                                                               BOVE NOTED SPINDLE ASSEMBLIES WERE NOT PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.(-23) ON JUNE 9, 1998, APPROXIMATELY 2108, CESSNA R172K, N758FY, EXPERIENCED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AS RESULT OF A FAILURE OF THE LH MLG AXLE, CESSNA PN 0541199-1. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN AT THE NORTH OMAHA AIRPORT, OMAHA, NE.  THE OWNER AND OPERATOR, BRIAN J. BOGARD AND TWO PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURY.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN ALTERED TO A TAIL WHEEL CONFIGURATION UNDER THE ROBERT L. WILLIAMS STC SA383GL ON JUNE 15, 1995. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AXLES ASSEMBLIES WERE IMPROPERLY CONFIGURED AT TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE STC REQUIRES INSTALLATION OF 3-1379-1 WHEEL SPINDLES INSIDE THE 0541199-1 AXLE ASSEMBLIES TO PROVIDE REINFORCEMENT. SPINDLE ASSEMBLIES WERE NOT PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CHI98LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA196), Jun 10, 1998: Cessna 172K (N758FY), Omaha, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The aircraft modification not being in compliance with the Supplemental Type Certificate. A factor to the accident was the fracture of the landing gear axle during landing.

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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