What was found
COMPRESSION ASSEMBLY CRACKED ALLOWING PIN TO COME OUT. ON LANDING, NOSE FORKS SEPARATED FROM COMPRESSION ASSY. THIS ALLOWED NOSE FORKS TO COLLAPSE ALLOWING PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY CAUSING SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE.
- Difficulty date
- September 20, 1997
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N180ED
- Make and model
- Beech C23
- Aircraft serial
- M1622
- System (JASC)
- 3222 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle
- Part
- Compression Assy
- Part number
- 16981001215513
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Nlg Strut
- Part time
- 3,575 hours
- Stage of operation
- LD
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.