- Date
- June 24, 1992, 16:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Mayaguez, PR
- Injuries
- 18 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N428CACASA 212
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920624047239I
- Case key
- 33011
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Probable cause
Failure of the nosegear assembly steering actuator due to play at the lower trunnion, which caused a vibration, failure of the steering actuator, subsequent on ground loss of control, and on-ground collision with a sign during landing rollout.
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 casa 212 departed san juan, puerto rico, en route to Mayaguez, puerto rico, on a 14 CFR part 135 scheduled, domestic, passenger, commuter flight. VFR conditions prevailed and a flight plan was filed. The prospective captain was flying the airplane from the left seat while receiving an initial operating experience check ride from an authorized check airman. During landing rollout at the destination airport, the nosewheel developed a heavy vibration, and the airplane veered off the runway to the right, colliding with a sign. The airplane sustained no damage. The flightcrew and 16 passengers were not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N428CA
- Reported as
- CASA 212
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 248
- Engine
- Garrett TPE33110R511E, 900 horsepower, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Executive Airlines Inc., doing business as American Eagle
- Registered owner
- Island Inter Leasing Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- TJSJ · San Juan, PR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TJMZ · Eugenio Maria De Hostos, runway 9, 4,999 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 14,689 total · 1,496 in this make and model · 8,169 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EXK, 1 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.