- Date
- June 8, 1992, 22:25 local (Jun 9, 1992, 05:25 UTC)
- Place
- Spokane, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N91132North American Navion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 42829
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Probable cause
The partial failure of the nose gear trunnion. Factors include the pilot's decision to land with the gear in the up position.
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 of the north American navion heard a loud pop in the area of the nose gear wheel well when he lowered the nose gear to the runway during a planned full-stop landing. As the nose of the aircraft began to settle, the pilot executed a go-around. The pilot of another aircraft inspected the gear while inflight, and reported that it was bent or cocked to the side. The navion pilot then chose to land with all gear in the up position. The pilot made a successful touchdown, but the aircraft was damaged by the grinding action of the asphalt runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91132
- Reported as
- North American Navion
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-22
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-D, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- West, Alvin
- Registered owner
- West, Alvin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- 0S7 · Oroville, WA
- Destination
- GEG
- Airport
- GEG · Spokane International, runway 21, 9,000 × 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 400 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
Other investigations on N91132 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.