- Date
- January 7, 1990, 13:21 local (18:21 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Aircraft
- N35STPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900107004179A
- Case key
- 14461
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Probable cause
Pilot's inadequate preflight of the airplane and the continued operation of the airplane with a nose gear steering problem.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane was substantially damaged when the nose gear collapsed after the airplane veered off the left side of the runway during a landing roll. A witness who observed the aiprlane flying on final approach reported that the nose wheel was canted to the left approximately 60 degs. The pilot reported having difficulty with directional control during taxi prior to takeoff and stated the turning limits of the nose wheel had been exceeded during ground handling operations. Post accidents inspection revealed a broken steering link in the nose gear assembly and a cracked gear strut housing at the nose gear steering travel stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35ST
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7654012
- Airframe hours
- 1,333
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-CIA, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sowl, Marcus E.
- Registered owner
- Vanguard Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 27, 1989 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- D36 · Duluth, MN
- Destination
- CMH · Columbus, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CMH · Port Columbus Int'L, runway 28, 10,701 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 615 total · 229 in this make and model · 574 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.