Cessna 182A N20DE

Summary

On 18 February 2012 at about 16:15 local time, a Cessna 182A registered N20DE, operated by Don Emslie, was involved in an accident near New Philadelphia, Ohio, United States. 3 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.

Date

18 February 2012 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

New Philadelphia, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Harry Clever Field Airport (PHD)

Coordinates

40.4700, -81.4197

Aircraft

Cessna 182A

Registration

N20DE

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Don Emslie

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Coshocton → New Philadelphia

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12LA218

Nobody was injured.

The inadequate maintenance of the wheel attachment bolts, which resulted in the left wheel separating from the landing gear during landing due to ductile overstress fractures.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that the landing was normal, but, during the landing roll as the airplane was turning onto the taxiway, the left wheel separated from the landing gear. The left wing sustained substantial damage when it struck the ground. The examination of the airplane revealed that the four bolts that attached the wheel to the landing gear were broken. The metallurgical examination of the four bolts revealed that the fractures were consistent with ductile overstress. The pilot reported that the airplane was converted to a tailwheel airplane per a supplemental type certificate, that it was equipped with tundra tires, and that it was routinely landed on sandbars, strip mines, and fields. The pilot reported that installing new bolts could have prevented the accident from occurring.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.