- Date
- February 7, 2008, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Chamblee, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6562VCessna C-172RG
- Defining event
- Approach: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Atlanta FSDO
- FAA report
- 20080207831769A
- Case key
- 67483
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Probable cause
A cracked nose gear actuator o-ring resulting in hydraulic fluid exhaustion, and collapse of the main gear.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the certified flight instructor (CFI), he and the pilot-rated student were approaching to land on runway 20R. After completing the pre-landing checklist they checked the under-wing mirror and noticed that the main landing gear were not down and locked. They made every attempt to lower the gear but were unsuccessful. During landing the right main landing gear collapsed buckling the right elevator. Both occupants egressed the airplane without injury. Examination of the landing gear by an FAA Inspector found the nose gear Actuator O-ring cracked and leaking hydraulic fluid and all fluid had been exhausted.
Factual narrative
On February 7, 2008, about 1815 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172RG, N6562V, registered to and operated by Aviation Atlanta Inc., had the right main landing gear collapse during landing at the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK) in Chamblee, Georgia. The instructional flight was operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The certified flight instructor (CFI) and pilot rated student reported no injuries. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight departed from PDK on a local training flight on February 7, 2008, about 1530.
According to the CFI, he and the pilot rated student were approaching to land on runway 20R. After completing the pre-landing checklist they checked the under-wing mirror and noticed that the main landing gear were not down and locked. They made every attempt to lower the gear but were unsuccessful. During landing the right main landing gear collapsed buckling the right elevator. Both occupants egressed the airplane without injury.
Examination of the landing gear by an FAA Inspector found the nose gear Actuator O-ring cracked and leaking hydraulic fluid and all fluid had been exhausted..
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6562V
- Reported as
- Cessna C-172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6562N
- Airframe hours
- 6,153.5
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1AG, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aviation Atlanta Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 1, 2008 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- KPDK · Chamblee, GA
- Destination
- Chamblee, GA
- Airport
- KPDK · Dekalb-Peachtree Airport, runway 20R, 3,746 × 150 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
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 26
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 1, 2007
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 810 total · 120 in this make and model · 660 as pilot in command · 156 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Observed at
- KPDK
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 N6562V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.