- Date
- August 7, 1988, 23:00 local (Aug 8, 1988, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N222LCessna 320E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880807030659A
- Case key
- 14136
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg a night arrival, the plt failed to get a down & locked indcn for the nose gear. He made svrl low passes over the rwy for observation. Tower & fire/rescue personnel rprtd the nose gear appeared to be extended, so the plt made a normal landing. As the nose wheel contacted the rwy, it collapsed. Drg a post-acdnt exam, a mechanic noted that the torque tube support assembly had failed. He rprtd that the nose gear was out of rig. Also, he rprtd that in his opinion, a 'previous repair was not of a quality that would provide the strength of the original factory design' & would not hold the support rigid during landing gear cycling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N222L
- Reported as
- Cessna 320E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 320E-0053
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Boschen, Henry C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1V5 · Boulder, CO
- Destination
- SPI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SPI · Springfield, runway 22, 7,999 × 150 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,088 total · 376 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPI
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 N222L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.