ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181621
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| Date: | Sunday 22 November 2015 |
| Time: | 13:17 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B55 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N600VP |
| MSN: | TC-1805 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2012 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Albany Airport, Albany, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Islip-Long Island MacArthur Airport, NY (ISP/KISP) |
| Albany Airport, NY (ALB/KALB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot stated that, while on approach for landing, he lowered the landing gear and confirmed that all three landing gear indicator lights were illuminated. He noted that there was a "slight" crosswind, and, upon touchdown, he felt an "unusual" nose wheel shimmy before the nose landing gear trunnion fractured and the nose landing gear collapsed. Examination of the fracture surfaces revealed failure due to overstress with no preexisting conditions contributing to the failure. The airport’s automated weather observation recorded a 40° crosswind at 16 knots with gusts to 25 knots about the time of the accident. It is likely that, while landing in gusting wind conditions, the pilot allowed the airplane’s nose landing gear to contact the runway hard, which resulted in the overstress fracture of the trunnion and the resulting gear collapse.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper flare while landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing, overstress fracture of the nose landing gear trunnion, and a subsequent nose landing gear collapse.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?nNumberTxt=600VP
https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/N600VP
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Nov-2015 19:57 | Geno | Added |
| 03-May-2016 19:13 | Avguy | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 19-Aug-2017 16:43 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2023 08:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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