ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218928
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| Date: | Monday 25 July 1988 |
| Time: | 20:55 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft C55 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-CFS |
| MSN: | TE-397 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Bankstown Airport, Bankstown, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Bankstwon Airport YSBK |
| YSSY | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was making a landing approach to Sydney when the pilot observed the nose gear had failed to extend normally, after the landing gear was selected down. The aircraft was diverted to Bankstown where it was subsequently established that the nose gear trailed about 20 degrees from the locked down position. All attempts to extend the nose gear were unsuccessful. The aircraft was subsequently landed on the 36L grass strip. During the landing roll the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft settled onto its nose. Prior to making the approach and landing, the pilot said he had shut down the right engine and feathered the propeller, which was then parked in a horizontal position. On short final, the left engine was shut down and the propeller feathered. Insufficient time was available to park the propeller, which struck the ground in a vertical position. This resulted in the left engine crankshaft being fractured, at the rear of the propeller hub mounting. It is considered that the nose gear failed to extend following the failure of the aft rod end of the nose gear aft retract rod. A subsequent specialist examination determined that excessive forces were imposed on the rod end due to landing gear misrigging, following replacement of that component during a recent maintenance inspection. The aft rod end subsequently failed as a result of continued overloads.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1988/aair/aair198802388/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/27676/aair198802388.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 February 1989 | VH-CFS | 0 | 40km W of Condobolin, NSW | |
sub | |
| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Dec-2018 08:55 | Pineapple | Added |
| 05-Jun-2023 04:27 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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