- Date
- November 2, 2005, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lubbock, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N828MCPiper PA28A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Lubbock, Texas, Flight Standards
- FAA report
- 20051102026439A
- Case key
- 62766
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Probable cause
The pilot's inability to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing due to the separation of the nose landing gear tire assembly.
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 485-hour flight instructor and the 11-hour student pilot were executing a crosswind landing during a local training flight. Shortly after touch down on Runway 17R, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane began to skid down the runway. While attempting to bring the airplane to a stop, the propeller and left wing contacted the ground. The winds at the time of the mishap were reported from 180 degrees at 11 knots. An examination of the airplane by an Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed that the axel for the nose landing gear was missing and it was later located along the centerline of the runway. The lock nut securing the axle to the landing gear assembly was not located, and it was not determined why the nut was not in place. The last annual inspection was completed on October 24, 2005, about 22.2 hours prior to the mishap. No recent maintenance was reported on the nose landing gear assembly.
Factual narrative
The 485-hour flight instructor and the 11-hour student pilot were executing a crosswind landing during a local training flight. Shortly after touch down on Runway 17R, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane began to skid down the runway. While attempting to bring the airplane to a stop, the propeller and left wing contacted the ground. The winds at the time of the mishap were reported from 180 degrees at 11 knots. An examination of the airplane by an Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed that the axel for the nose landing gear was missing and it was later located along the centerline of the runway. The lock nut securing the axle to the landing gear assembly was not located, and it was not determined why the nut was not in place. The last annual inspection was completed on October 24, 2005, about 22.2 hours prior to the mishap. No recent maintenance was reported on the nose landing gear assembly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N828MC
- Reported as
- Piper PA28A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-4615
- Airframe hours
- 6,479.3
- Engine
- Lycoming O 360 A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Louis Hilliard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 1, 2005
- Departed
- Lubbock, TX
- Destination
- Lubbock, TX
- Airport
- KLBB · Lubbock International Airport, runway 17R, 11,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 1, 2005
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 485 total · 400 in this make and model · 370 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 21
- Injuries
- None
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.