# Incident 19990109000319I: Cessna 210, Omaha, NE, January 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1999, 13:30 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7360E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7360E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990109000319I

## Narrative

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

ACFT EXPERIENCED SEVERE SHIMMY IN NOSE WHEEL DURING DEPARTURE ROLL ON RWY 14L. AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. (-5)ON JANUARY 9, 1999, APPROXIMATELY 1315 CST, CE-210, N7360E, EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL AT OMAHA, NE.  THE PIC REPORTED A VIOLENT SHIMMY AROUND 40 KNOTS, IMMEDIATELY REDUCED THE POWER, AND EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER STRICK AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE RUNWAY.  THE PIC AND PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURY.  INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED A FAILURE OF A SOLID ALUMINUM SHAFT SUBSTITUTED FOR THE CESSNA STEERING LINK, PART NUMBER 1243018-1.  THE SHAFT ASSEMBLY WAS SECURED TO THE NLG STEERING LINKS BY AN-3 BOLTS IN PLACE OF THE CESSNA SPRING PINS, P/N NAS561P7-16.  THE FAILURE OF THIS SHAFT CAUSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FORK TO PIVOT, INDUCING AN INSTANTANEOUS FAILURE.

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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