- Date
- August 7, 1992, 19:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place
- Boca Raton, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N95UBacon Questair Venture LX
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920807055489A
- Case key
- 33119
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Probable cause
The inadequate inspection/service of the nose gear acuator by other maintenance personnel causing the contamination and subsequent failure.
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 pilot stated that after landing, while taxiing in he lost nose gear steering control, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane nosed over. Examination revealed the nose gear steering acuator hydraulic fluid was contaminated with air, and was jammed full open.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95U
- Reported as
- Bacon Questair Venture LX (QUESTAIR V)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 43
- Airframe hours
- 58
- Engine
- Continental IO-550-G, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Condomonium Spec Ins.
- Registered owner
- Condomonium Spec Ins.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- BNA · Nashville, TN
- Airport
- BCT · Boca Raton
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 815 total · 61 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 40° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 14 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.