- Date
- September 25, 1991, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Newark, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5164TChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910925046819A
- Case key
- 15193
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Probable cause
A sheared oleo piston retaining pin which allowed the wheel to fall out.
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
On liftoff from a touch-and-go landing, the piston rod of the right main gear oleo extended beyond its tube, freeing that main wheel to fall to a trail position. The pilot landed full stop on the left main and tail wheels. The oleo piston retaining pin which connects the rod sheared in compression. Portions of the oleo assembly showed previous damage and wear, while the o-ring seal was newer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5164T
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 178
- Airframe hours
- 1,755
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flying C Leasing, Ltd, doing business as Cushing Field, Ltd
- Registered owner
- Flying C Leasing, Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 11, 1991 · 17 hours before
- Airport
- 0C8 · Cushing Field, runway 18, 2,831 × 180 ft, grass/turf
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 953 total · 160 in this make and model · 850 as pilot in command · 348 in the last 90 days · 114 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 16 nm away
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 N5164T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.