Cessna 190 N9872A
5 September 1999 · Enterprise, Alabama, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 5 September 1999 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna 190 registered N9872A was involved in an accident near Enterprise, Alabama, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 16:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Enterprise, Alabama, United States
- Nearest airport
- Enterprise Municipal
- Coordinates
- 31.3192, -85.8394
- Aircraft
- Cessna 190
- Registration
- N9872A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL99LA124
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The fatigue failure of the main landing gear spring.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
After approximately one hour of pleasure flying in the local flying area, the two pilots returned to the departure airport for a full-stop landing. After touchdown, the airplane had rolled several hundred feet, when the pilot felt an unusual sensation in the airframe. At approximately the same time, the left spring leaf landing gear assembly separated from the airframe, and the airplane fell to the ground. The field examination of the fracture face disclosed evidence of a preexisting fracture in the steel material. During the follow-up examination of the fracture face, with the aid of a bench binocular microscope, revealed the presence of at least three small fracture areas typical of fatigue cracking. The origin of the fatigue cracking was damaged during the ultimate separation. The examination also disclosed that the fatigue origin was located in an area that showed fretting damage.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 190 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 1999 | Cessna 190 | Somerville, New Jersey, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 Oct 1998 | Cessna 190 | Lost Hills, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 Jul 1998 | Cessna 190 | Pontiac, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Apr 2001 | Cessna 190 | Lurton, Arkansas, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 19 Jul 2002 | Cessna 190 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Mar 2003 | Cessna 190 | Lakeland, Florida, United States | William G. Mathis | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 1999 | Continental Copters TOMCAT MK5A | Camden, Alabama, United States | ED W. Buford | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1999 | Cessna 172 | Centre, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jul 1999 | Cessna 177RG | Jasper, Alabama, United States | David W. Abbott | Minor injuries | - |
| 16 Sep 1999 | Continental Copters TOMCAT MK5A | Heflin, Alabama, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 29 Dec 1999 | Cessna 170B | Oakland, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 May 1999 | Michael W Campbell LANCAIR 320 | Tallessee, Alabama, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |