- Date
- May 4, 1989, 13:02 local (21:02 UTC)
- Place
- Cordova, AK
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47895Piper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890504046109I
- Case key
- 5129
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Probable cause
Failure of the upper trunion bolt which normally holds the upper portion of the over center down link.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During touchdown, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane settled onto its nose. A subsequent inspection of the nose gear assembly revealed that the upper trunion bolt had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47895
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7870012
- Airframe hours
- 7,405
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-EB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Wilburs Incorporated, doing business as Wilburs Flight Operations
- Registered owner
- Joseph & Anne Wilbur
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 17, 1989 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CDV · Cordova Mile 13, runway 27, 7,499 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,652 total · 8,184 as pilot in command · 303 in the last 90 days · 135 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 41 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N47895 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.