- Date
- March 6, 1990, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2428CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900306003439A
- Case key
- 5341
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper installation of the gear axle (use of improper bolts & the wrong number of shims), which resulted in a subsequent failure and loss of control during the landing roll.
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
The plt rprtd that the rgt brake failed during a landing & the acft veered to the left. Subsequently, the acft came to rest with the right main wheel broken off. An investigation revealed that the wrong type of bolts were used to mount the axle to the gear leg. Also, 4 alignment shims were used between the axle & gear leg; the Cessna svc manual allowed for the use of only 3 shims.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2428C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30728
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Starr, Ronnie
- Registered owner
- Ronnie Starr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FYU · Fort Yukon, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FAI · Fairbanks Intl, runway 1L, 10,300 × 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 600 in this make and model · 834 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 3 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N2428C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.