# NTSB investigations, 1990: 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 MIA91IA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91IA059.md): Cessna 402C · Marathon, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 31, 1990 · N155PB · Minor damage
  > Fatigue failure of a nose landing gear drag brace assembly which caused the nose landing gear to collapse during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was an inadequate inspection of the airplane approximately 7 hours earlier by company maintenance…
- [NTSB MIA91IA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91IA048.md): Piper PA-44-180 · Sanford, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 19, 1990 · N3062H · Minor damage
  > Collapse of the nose landing gear during the landing roll due to inadequate nose gear assembly and failure of the nose landing gear drag link bolt.
- [NTSB NYC91LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA027.md): Cessna 404 · Pittsburgh, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 13, 1990 · N54SA · Substantial damage
  > A failure of nose landing gear retraction cylinder attach points which allowed the nose landing gear to collapse.
- [NTSB SEA91LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA002.md): Beech 58 · Seattle, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 2, 1990 · N7232K · Substantial damage
  > The pilot did not flare the airplane on landing. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot did not adequately recover from a bounced landing and the nose gear assembly failed in overload.
- [NTSB CHI90LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA187.md): Piper PA-30B · Webster, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 1990 · N8095Y · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the nose gear transmission mounting bracket which resulted in nose gear collapse during the landing roll.
- [NTSB CHI90LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA170.md): Cessna R182 · Lambertville, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 6, 1990 · N757DG · Substantial damage
  > Pilot in command's mis-placement of the airplanes landing gear lever in the 'up' position while the airplane was on the ground, thereby allowing the landing gear squat switch, located in the nose gear compartment, to function as a retracting controller during…
- [NTSB LAX90LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA239.md): Cessna 152 · Upland, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 1990 · N89756 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot not flaring for the touchdown.
- [NTSB MIA90LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA094.md): Beech B-19 · Everglades City, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 24, 1990 · N24613 · Substantial damage
  > The pilots failure to flare the aircraft for landing resulting in the nose landing gear contacting the runway causing it to separate.
- [NTSB ATL90LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA064.md): Cessna 152 · Peewee Valley, KY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 18, 1990 · N95445 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper precautionary landings. The pilot's improper planning/decisions, the low fuel level, and the terrain conditions at the airstrip were related factors.
- [NTSB DEN90LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA056.md): Cessna 404 · Englewood, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 13, 1990 · N409EX · Substantial damage
  > The collapse of the nose gear assembly for undetermined reasons.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1990
  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&year=1990

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