# Nose/tail gear attach section

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft systems](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0102) › [Landing gear system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010232) › Nose/tail gear attach section
- NTSB code: 01023221
- Cases: 29
- In the probable cause: 25
- Fatal cases: 0
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023221/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023221/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023221

## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all)

- 2008: 4 / 5
- 2009: 2 / 2
- 2010: 1 / 1
- 2011: 1 / 1
- 2012: 4 / 4
- 2013: 3 / 3
- 2014: 1 / 2
- 2015: 1 / 1
- 2016: 1 / 2
- 2019: 1 / 1
- 2020: 2 / 2
- 2023: 1 / 1
- 2025: 3 / 3
- 2026: 0 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094): 9 cases
- [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 6 cases
- [Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090): 5 cases
- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 4 cases
- [Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333): 1 cases
- [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 1 cases
- [Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096): 1 cases
- [Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095): 1 cases
- [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Piper PA 46-350P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p): 5 cases
- [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f): 2 cases
- [Stinson 108-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-2): 1 cases
- [Piper PA46R-350T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46r-350t): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-22-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160): 1 cases
- [Laird LC-1B-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/laird-lc-1b-300): 1 cases
- [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42](https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42): 1 cases
- [American Champion 8GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-8gcbc): 1 cases
- [Cessna 414](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414): 1 cases
- [Cessna 208B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 8 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 7 cases
- [Nose/tail landing gear](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023220) (Aircraft): 4 cases
- [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 3 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041) (Aircraft): 3 cases
- [Scheduled/routine inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061520) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Pitch control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022) (Aircraft): 2 cases
- [Equipment design](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04011010) (Organizational issues): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB WPR26LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA114), Mar 2, 2026: American Champion 8GCBC (N636DB), Carefree, AZ, substantial damage
- [NTSB ERA25LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA268), Jul 11, 2025: Piper PA46 (N962WF), Elysburg, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the engine mount which resulted in a collapse of the nose landing gear.
- [NTSB CEN25LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA134), Mar 20, 2025: Cessna 152 (N68332), Denton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare and subsequent improper recovery from a bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the gusty crosswind and windshear during landing.
- [NTSB CEN25LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA071), Jan 4, 2025: Cessna 150F (N3589L), McKinney, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate supervision and delayed remedial action and the student pilot’s failure to maintain a proper landing flare, which resulted in a nose down impact with the runway.
- [NTSB WPR23LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA216), Jun 5, 2023: Cessna 172R (N819KS), Santa Monica, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the nose wheel upper torque link bolt, which resulted in a loss of steering control. Contributing to the accident were maintenance personnel’s failure to inspect and replace the…
- [NTSB ANC20LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20LA053), May 31, 2020: Zenith Stol CH701 (N324WS), Ambler, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to take off from unsuitable terrain, which resulted in impact with uneven terrain, the subsequent failure of the nosewheel fork, and a nose over.
- [NTSB WPR20CA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA080), Jan 25, 2020: Merwin Kitfox (N399A), Goodyear, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The tail wheel mechanism detachment for reasons that could not be determined due to the lack of available evidence which resulted in the loss of directional control on landing.
- [NTSB WPR19TA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19TA248), Aug 30, 2019: Hall Kitfox (N87TJ), Nampa, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The owner's improper installation of the tailwheel, which resulted in the pilot's inability to maintain directional control during landing as a result of severe tailwheel vibrations.
- [NTSB ANC16LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16LA048), Jul 18, 2016: Stinson 108 (N343C), Haines, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll with a quartering tailwind, which resulted in a ground loop and overstress failure of the left main landing…
- [NTSB GAA16CA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA286), Jun 6, 2016: Cessna 172 (N539MT), Arlington, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the airplane’s right steering rod end, which resulted in the pilot’s inability to maintain directional control.

NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted.

Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1).

NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names.

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