- Date
- July 10, 1991, 07:55 local (11:55 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln Park, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75AAirnew Questair
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910710027029I
- Case key
- 36758
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Probable cause
A failure of the nose gear fork, which caused the pilot to lose steering control of the airplane and veer off the left side of the runway.
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
Just after touchdown on runway 01, the pilot experienced a loss of steering control. He applied takeoff power to attempt a go-around, but was unable to prevent the airplane from veering off the left side of the runway. During an on site inspection, the FAA found that the nose gear fork had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75A
- Reported as
- Airnew Questair
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 15
- Airframe hours
- 43
- Engine
- Continental I0-550G1B, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Geoffrey D. Wyler
- Registered owner
- Airnew, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 21, 1991 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- LWM · Lawrence, MA
- Airport
- NO7 · Lincoln Park, runway 1, 2,982 × 40 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 389 total · 50 in this make and model · 75 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TEB, 13 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.