# NTSB investigations, NC: Nose gear collapsed

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ATL05IA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05IA116.md): Canadair CL-600-2B19 · Greensboro, NC · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 28, 2005 · N623BR · Minor damage
  > The inadequate assembly of the nose landing gear selector valve by a parts supplier, which resulted in internal seal damage and a hydraulic leak that led to the collapse of the nose landing gear. A factor was the insufficient information provided by the…
- [NTSB ATL05CA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA054.md): Piper PA-22 · Holly Ridge, NC · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 18, 2005 · N1476A · Substantial damage
  > The CFI's improper use of the rudder control and normal braking during the landing roll that resulted in the collapse of the nose gear assembly.
- [NTSB ATL03LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA071.md): Cessna 310F · Reidsville, NC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 30, 2003 · N5810X · Substantial damage
  > The failure of maintenance personnel to properly install the nose gear landing door link during an annual inspection that resulted in the failure of the nose gear to fully extend.
- [NTSB ATL98LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA043.md): Wilde Mickey Questair 20 · Greensboro, NC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 15, 1998 · N94FA · Substantial damage
  > The improper installation of the nose landing gear strut, which led to the collapse of the nose gear upon touchdown.
- [NTSB ATL94LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA096.md): Beech 23-C23 · Knightdale, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 6, 1994 · N6660R · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper landing flare that resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear.
- [NTSB ATL89LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA205.md): Beech A23-19 · Hertford, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 31, 1989 · N5796V · Substantial damage
  > Pilot's failure to properly flare the airplane during landing. Factors contributing to the accident were the high obstructions at both ends of the runway.
- [NTSB ATL88LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA064.md): Cessna 150G · Grantham, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 13, 1987 · N6258S · Substantial damage
  > The airplane touched down initially on the nose wheel, and the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane subsequently nosed over. The student plt reportedly had about 2 hrs total PIC (solo) flt time.
- [NTSB ATL86LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA036.md): Cessna 152 · Hickory, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 6, 1985 · N44687 · Substantial damage
  > Student pilot was returning from a solo cross country flight. In his report the student said he flew a long final with the VASI showing a proper descent angle. The acft was landed with a shallow flare touching down in a flat attitude. It bounced, bounced…
- [NTSB ATL85LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA025.md): Smith, Ted Aerostar Aerostar 600A · Charlotte, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 1, 1984 · N90609 · Substantial damage
  > During final approach the pilot was unable to lower the nose gear therefore he landed with the nose gear retracted. Post crash examination revealed that the nose steering actuating bolt was fractured. The facture surfaces exhibited signatures of a progressive…
- [NTSB ATL84LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA132.md): Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 · Charlotte, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 23, 1984 · N5HE · Substantial damage
  > Upon landing the nose landing gear sheared off the acft. Exam of the nose gear revealed that two fatigue cracks had propogated to the point of total failure. The gear was the subject of an airworthiness directive that required inspection of the gear…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'NC' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 192)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=192&state=NC

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