- Date
- March 18, 1989, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jerome, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N128AFNorth American T-28A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890318004169A
- Case key
- 40987
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Probable cause
The failure of another person to report a hard landing which resulted in the airplane not being inspected by authorized personnel.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the takeoff ground run the nose gear collapsed. It was found that the nose gear web had cracked. Prior to this flight, the airplane underwent a hard landing which was not reported or inspected by authorized personnel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N128AF
- Reported as
- North American T-28A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 491619A
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ernest Durbano
- Registered owner
- Durbano, Ernest
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- OGD · Ogden, UT
- Airport
- U73 · Jerome
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TWF, 16 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 N128AF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.