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| Date: | Monday 9 November 1987 |
| Time: | 15:38 |
| Type: |  Cessna 404 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-ANM |
| MSN: | 404-0010 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | Continental GTISO-520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Peppimenarti Airport (YPEP), Peppimenarti, NT -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | YPEP |
| YPEP | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After landing, the aircraft was backtracking along the runway when the nose gear collapsed. The pilot reported that at the time of the collapse the aircraft was moving at about 4 knots as it was slowed to take the turn into the apron. The nose wheel had become completely detached, allowing the oleo forks to contact the ground. A nose wheel bearing had seized from lack of lubrication. This had caused the axle to spin in its oleo support eyes. One support eye had failed because of the heat generated, and the other failed in overload, allowing the nose wheel to detach.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1987/aair/aair198700753/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/31801/aair198700753.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 December 1985 | VH-BPM | 0 | Townsville Airport (YBTL), Garbutt, QLD | |
sub | |
| 30 July 1988 | VH-ANM | Hardy Aviation (NT) Pty Ltd | 0 | Darwin Airport (YPDN), Darwin, NT | |
sub |
| 22 July 2004 | VH-ANM | 0 | Darwin Airport (YPDN), Darwin, NT | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Nov-2018 07:55 | Pineapple | Added |
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