- Date
- June 9, 1992, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dexter, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N19801Cessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920609019099A
- Case key
- 37160
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Probable cause
A failure of the top torque link bolt on the nose landing gear which resulted in a landing with a flat strut and misaligned wheel.
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 airplane veered sharply to the right when the nose wheel touched down during landing on runway 34. The pilot said that he 'tried to correct this using rudder and aileron but could not. When the nose wheel went off the runway it dug into the ground and the plane flipped over.' The pilot reported a shimmy in the nosewheel during his last takeoff. The FAA found no hydraulic fluid in the strut or on the clean, dry runway; and the nose gear top torque link bolt was missing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19801
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260764
- Airframe hours
- 3,752
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dexter Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Dexter Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1991
- Departed
- SLK · Saranac Lake, NY
- Destination
- 1BO · Dexter, ME
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 1B0 · Dexter, runway 34, 3,000 × 150 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 171.6 total · 80.8 in this make and model · 119.1 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 5.8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N19801 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.