- Date
- January 13, 1990, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Crockett, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6303DCessna 170
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900113001239A
- Case key
- 23096
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Probable cause
The failure of the main landing gear axle due to fatigue which led to a loss of control after touchdown.
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 touchdown, the right main landing gear axle broke and the wheel separated. Subsequently, the airplane veered right, when the strut stub dug into the ground. Post-accident examination of the fracture surfaces of the failed axle revealed evidence of a pre-existing crack along the bottom 1/3 of the axle circumference. The remainder of the fracture appeared to be fresh.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6303D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18015
- Airframe hours
- 2,741
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerry L. Calhoon
- Registered owner
- Calhoon, Jerry L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 9, 1989 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- PSN · Palestine, TX
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Last Resort, runway 16, 2,400 × 50 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 30 in this make and model · 880 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.