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| Date: | Saturday 10 June 1989 |
| Time: | 10:05 |
| Type: |  Lancair 235 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-HTD |
| MSN: | N149 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gold Coast Airport (YBCG), Coolangatta, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | YBNA |
| YBCG | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was being operated on a Permit to Fly pending issue of a Certificate of Airworthiness, and was being ferried to Coolangatta for avionics maintenance and to be statically displayed at an airshow. The pilot reported that after a normal landing on runway 35 in a 12 knot crosswind, he encountered slight nose wheel shimmy and the nose gear collapsed almost immediately. A tubular engine mount frame, which supports the left hand trunnion bearing block, had failed. This allowed the left hand trunnion to become dislocated and the nose gear collapsed. Excessive nose wheel shimmy had been reported on a previous occasion. The nose wheel shimmy-damper washers had been lubricated. This may have reduced their effectiveness leading to excessive nose wheel shimmy and possible damage to the tubular frame.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1989/aair/aair198903781/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/26887/aair198903781.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 December 1988 | VH-HTD | 0 | Ballina Airport (YBNA), Ballina, NSW | |
sub | |
| 4 December 1993 | VH-HTD | 0 | Coffs Harbour Airport (YCFS), Coffs Harbour, NSW | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2018 02:27 | Pineapple | Added |
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