- Date
- February 12, 1990, 17:30 local (Feb 13, 1990, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N409EXCessna 404
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900212001989A
- Case key
- 17891
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Probable cause
The collapse of the nose gear assembly for undetermined reasons.
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 pilot reported the nose gear collapsed during takeoff ground run at 85 knots. The airplane skidded 2,500 feet on runway 17L, before coming to rest on the asphalt runway. A post-accident investigation failed to reveal any evidence to explain the reported nose gear collapse. Repeated gear retraction and extension tests failed to duplicate the malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N409EX
- Reported as
- Cessna 404
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- C404-00436
- Airframe hours
- 6,560
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-M, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Casper Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · February 12, 1990
- Departed
- APA
- Destination
- RIL · Rifle, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- APA · Centennial, runway 17L, 10,000 × 101 ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,680 total · 1,932 in this make and model · 2,808 as pilot in command · 195 in the last 90 days · 58 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 28 °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.