- Date
- July 8, 1992, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lamar, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3030KPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920708029309I
- Case key
- 18172
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Probable cause
Fractured nose landing gear bolt due to fatigue.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot noted an unsafe indication after lowering the landing gear and observed through a mirror the nosewheel was not locked. He elected to land wheels up. Post incident inspection disclosed the bolt that attaches the upper drag link to the nose gear trunnion had sheared. Laboratory examination disclosed torsional bending fatigue typical of high cycle low load fatigue.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3030K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7970103
- Airframe hours
- 2,633
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-EB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Lyddon Flying Service, doing business as Baan Aire
- Registered owner
- Baan Hoffman, Wayne & Cheryl
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 18, 1992 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- LAA
- Destination
- COS · Colorado Spring, CO
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- LAA · Lamar Municipal, runway 36, 6,304 × 100 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
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,400 total · 940 in this make and model · 10,340 as pilot in command · 245 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LHX, 45 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.