- Date
- May 5, 1993, 14:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21427Piper PA-44-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930505018329I
- Case key
- 33184
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Probable cause
Fatigue failure of the drag link assembly bolt.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
After touchdown during the landing roll, the nose landing gear collapsed. Examination of the nose landing gear assembly revealed that the drag link assembly bolt failed. Metallurgical examination of the bolt revealed that it failed due to fatigue. Review of the airframe logbook revealed that the bolt and associated bushings had been replaed on March 17, 1993. At the time of the incident, the airplane had accumulated about 36 hours since the bolt replacement.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21427
- Reported as
- Piper PA-44-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 44-7995050
- Airframe hours
- 3,451
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-E1A6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Spruce Creek Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Spruce Creek Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 18, 1993 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- 44J
- Airport
- 44J · Spruce Creek, runway 23, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 256 total · 15 in this make and model · 44 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 5 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.
Other investigations on N21427 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.