Cessna R182 N88AA

Summary

On 3 February 2006 at about 23:37 local time, a Cessna R182 registered N88AA, operated by Sawyer Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Bullhead City, Arizona, 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.

Date

3 February 2006 at 23:37

Classification

Accident

Location

Bullhead City, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Laughlin/Bullhead Internationa (IFP)

Coordinates

35.1500, -114.5500

Aircraft

Cessna R182

Registration

N88AA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Sawyer Aviation LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Scottsdale → Bullhead City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX06LA101

Nobody was injured.

overload of the nose landing gear actuator attach bracket resulting in collapse of the nose gear while taxiing. It is undetermined when and under what circumstances the overload occurred.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was substantially damaged when the nose wheel collapsed while turning off the runway after landing. The pilot stated that that he verified that the green light was illuminated on the gear indicator, showing that all three landing gear were down and locked, then he made a normal landing. The pilot was taxiing off the runway after landing when the nose gear collapsed. The pilot further stated that he performed a normal touchdown and did not hit the runway excessively hard. An inspection by an Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Safety Inspector revealed that the nose gear collapsed as a result of sheared rivets that attach the bracket assembly for the nose gear hydraulic actuator. Smearing on the rivet shanks indicated a loading directionality from aft to forward, which is the direction of normal retraction for the nose gear. No other damage was noted to the firewall or other airframe structures consistent with a hard landing. The inspector opined that the evidence was not conclusive that the sheared rivets occurred on the accident landing, and may in fact represent damage resulting from prior ground handling (towing) operations.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.