- Date
- March 16, 1990, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Derby, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7555MCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900316004739A
- Case key
- 34946
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Probable cause
Failure of the nose gear yoke.
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 plt rprtd that during the takeoff roll, the nose wheel began to shimmy and vibrate, followed by a loud popping noise. The nose of the acft then dropped down, resulting in substantial damage to the propeller, cowling and firewall. A post-accident investigation revealed the nose gear yoke had broken off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7555M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55855
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hewinns, Stanley O.
- Registered owner
- Hewins, Stanley O
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- K50 · Derby, KS
- Destination
- FTW · Dallas/Ft Worth, TX
- Airport
- K50 · Cook, runway 35, 3,200 × 40 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
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 243 total · 230 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 8 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.