North American NAVION N91488

Summary

On 29 August 2016 at about 14:30 local time, a North American NAVION registered N91488 was involved in an accident near Monett, Missouri, 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

29 August 2016 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Monett, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Monett Rgnl (HFJ)

Coordinates

36.9061, -94.0128

Aircraft

North American NAVION

Registration

N91488

Category

Airplane

Year built

1946

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ozark → Monett

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN16LA354

Nobody was injured.

Maintenance personnel’s failure to properly rig the right main landing gear locking mechanism, which resulted in a gear collapse during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial pilot stated that, during the landing roll following a normal landing, the airplane began pulling to the right. The airplane departed the right side of the runway and traveled down an embankment and through a barbed wire fence. When the pilot inspected the airplane, he noted that the right main landing gear (MLG) had collapsed. An examination of the landing gear found that the locking mechanism had been improperly rigged. Several weeks before the accident, the airplane's right MLG was damaged in an incident and had been replaced with a serviceable unit. A review of maintenance records noted that a gear retraction test was conducted after the replacement and described as satisfactory. It is likely that during this maintenance, the landing gear was improperly rigged, which resulted in its collapse on the accident flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.