- Date
- June 22, 1987, 12:56 local (16:56 UTC)
- Place
- Dayton, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20STLockheed L-382-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19870622080329A
- Case key
- 7458
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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 flight experienced separation of the nose landing gear during the landing roll. Investigation showed that the failure was related to the progression of a preexisting crack on the nose landing gear strut assembly. The probelms with the nose landing gear were recognized by the manufacturer who recommended compliance with service buttetin 82-448 that was issued to detect cracks similar to that experienced in this instance. The service bulletin, that was issued in 1979, had not been accomplished on the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20ST
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-382-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4561
- Airframe hours
- 43,388
- Engine
- Allison 501-D22A, 4,368 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Southern Air Transport,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Trans America Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 12, 1987 · 116 hours before
- Departed
- WRI · Wrightstown, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FFO · Wright Patterson Afb, runway 23R, 12,600 × 300 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 11,754 total · 8,906 in this make and model · 10,868 as pilot in command · 223 in the last 90 days · 86 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FFO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.