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| Date: | Tuesday 1 February 1994 |
| Time: | 11:55 |
| Type: |  Cessna 421B |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-YRK |
| MSN: | 421B0522 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Clermont Airport (YCMT), Clermont, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | YCMT |
| YCMT | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft's right landing gear leg collapsed on touchdown due to a failure of the lower forward lug on the bell crank assembly. The pilot lost directional control and the aircraft came to rest about half-way long the strip.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1994/aair/199400242/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4933581/199400242.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 July 1993 | VH-YRK | 0 | Walgett Airport (YWGT), Walgett, NSW | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2018 07:15 | Pineapple | Added |
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