- Date
- April 7, 1991, 06:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place
- Albany, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N104ECCessna 402A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910407014379A
- Case key
- 36905
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Probable cause
A collapse of the nose gear due to a failure of the nose gear trunion.
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 was taxiing before takeoff when the airplane 'began a gradual right turn.' He was unable to maintain directional control of the airplane and it veered off the taxiway onto the grass. When the right main tire went onto the grass, the airplane pivoted to the right as the nose gear collapsed. The FAA found, 'the nose gear trunion was broken at the right side attach point, causing the nose gear to collapse and tear the left attach point from the wheel well.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N104EC
- Reported as
- Cessna 402A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0085
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Northland Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hagop Hadjinian
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1991 · 12 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ALB · Albany County, runway 19, 7,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 3,800 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.