- Date
- October 14, 1987, 20:00 local (Oct 15, 1987, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9359ZCessna TU-206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871014061069A
- Case key
- 13921
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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
Immediately after takeoff the plt noted strong pressure on the right rudder. He trimmed out the rudder pressure and continued to fly in the local area. Approach flare and touchdown were normal. When the nose wheel contacted the runway the airplane veered sharply to the left, tipped to the right, and dragged the right wing tip resulting in substantial damage to the right wing. The bolt (AN3H3A) that holds the collar (PN1243617-1) to the strut was found broken allowing the collar to become loose preventing the nosewheel from centering when airplane became airborne. The cocked nosewheel resulted in the unusual rudder pressure. Exam of the fractured surface of the bolt showed that oxidation had removed the fracture pattern. The cause of the bolt failure could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9359Z
- Reported as
- Cessna TU-206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20606425
- Airframe hours
- 719
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenneth L. Thompson, doing business as American Systems, Inc.
- Registered owner
- American Systems Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 26, 1987 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- LAN · Lansing, MI
- Airport
- LAN · Lansing, runway 27L, 7,250 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 318 total · 234 in this make and model · 233 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 39 °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.