- Date
- April 5, 1988, 14:13 local (18:13 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2185JCessna T-188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 32159
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Landing gear,main gear strut - fatigueCause
Maintenance,annual inspection - inadequateCause
Landing gear,wheel - separation
Directional control - not possible
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Analysis
While taxiing from landing after a maintenance test flight, the rt main wheel assy separated from the rt landing gear strut. The acft then went off the taxiway & came to rest in the grass. Examination of the rt landing gear revealed that the spring strut failed as a result of fatigue at the attach point for the axle. The pilot/mechanic was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2185J
- Reported as
- Cessna T-188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803422T
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ferro Aviation Maintenance
- Registered owner
- Deregistered On 3-17-88
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 28, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- TMB · Tamiami, runway 27R, 5,002 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB