Classic Fighter ME-262 REPRODUCTION N262AZ
17 January 2003 · Everett, Washington, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 17 January 2003 at about 22:30 local time, a Classic Fighter ME-262 REPRODUCTION registered N262AZ, operated by Wolfgang Czaia, was involved in an accident near Everett, Washington, United States. One person was 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 22:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Everett, Washington, United States
- Nearest airport
- Snohomish County (Paine Fld) (PAE)
- Coordinates
- 47.9197, -122.2778
- Aircraft
- Classic Fighter ME-262 REPRODUCTION
- Registration
- N262AZ
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Wolfgang Czaia
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Flight Test
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Everett → Everett
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- SEA03LA027
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
Failure of the left main gear hydraulic actuator locking slide during landing. Factors include an embankment adjacent to the landing runway.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that shortly after touchdown, the left main landing gear collapsed and the aircraft veered to the left, eventually exiting the runway edge and traveling down an embankment that’s adjacent to the runway. Post accident inspection of the aircraft's left main gear hydraulic system revealed that the hydraulic actuator locking slide was undersized which allowed the gear to collapse (unlock) when placed under a load.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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