# NTSB investigations, TX: 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 FTW02LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA165.md): Piper PA-46-350P · Palestine, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 18, 2002 · N529TX · Substantial damage > The failure of the nose gear actuator aft attach point from the tube cluster on the engine mount assembly. A contributing factor was the owner's non-compliance with the service bulletin for inspection/replacement of the engine mount. - [NTSB FTW99LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA184.md): Cessna T303 · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 28, 1999 · N400T · Substantial damage > The collapse of the nose landing gear for an undetermined reason. - [NTSB FTW93LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA066.md): Cessna 152 · Fort Worth, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 13, 1993 · N64949 · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate flare and the improper recovery from a bounced landing - [NTSB FTW90LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA042.md): Piper PA-34 · Tomball, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 5, 1989 · N8426B · Substantial damage > Collapse of the nose gear for an undetermined reason. - [NTSB FTW87LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA176.md): Piper PA28R-201 · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 26, 1987 · N6083H · Substantial damage > According to the pilot, during takeoff roll, and at the point of rotation the nose gear failed, causing the aircraft to drop down striking the runway with the prop. The aircraft then became airborne for approx. 15 sec. The pilot landed the aircraft on an… - [NTSB FTW87LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA104.md): Cessna 182 · Midland, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 27, 1987 · N34S · Substantial damage > During a touch and go landing on a sod strip the nose gear collapsed. The strut assembly part number 0594300-5 failed for an undetermined reason and the aircraft nosed over to the inverted position. - [NTSB FTW85LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA218.md): Cessna 421 · Mckinney, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 10, 1985 · N888K · Substantial damage > After landing while taxiing on the rwy, the acft's nose wheel started bogging down in soft asphalt on the rwy. The soft asphalt was pushed along in front of the wheel until it caused enough resistance to overstress the nose gear causing it to collapse. The… - [NTSB FTW85LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA122.md): Cessna 310G · Austin, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 17, 1985 · N2916R · Substantial damage > During takeoff, the plt heard a loud noise as the gear was retracted. He continued to the destination, but when he arrived, he was unable to get a safe nose gear indication. During the landing, the plt delayed lowering the nose & kept the weight on the main… - [NTSB FTW84LA410](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA410.md): Piper PA-24 · Kerrville, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 9, 1984 · N9128P · Substantial damage > Plt stated that after failing to get a 'gear down' light, he cycled gear with no success in obtaining a light and received no response to call on UNICOM frequency for visual check from ground. Plt stated he elected to land anyway and that nose gear collapsed… - [NTSB FTW84LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA053.md): Cessna 310Q · Amarillo, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 8, 1983 · N218JW · Substantial damage > The plt was starting a flt to reposition the acft from the tradewind arpt to the Amarillo intl arpt. He reported that he had started to takeoff on rwy 17, then aborted to avoid a Cessna 182. He reported the Cessna 182 plt was crossing rwy 17, on his way to… - [NTSB FTW82DA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA292.md): Cessna 210K · Austin, TX · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 22, 1982 · N8218M · Substantial damage > During the landing roll, the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft was substantially damaged. The nose gear retraction-extension mechanism had been serviced just prior to this flight and on several other occasions for failing to properly extend or retract.… ## 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" = 'TX' 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=TX --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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