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| Date: | Sunday 23 June 2002 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 58 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | San Juan Pilot Training, Inc. |
| Registration: | N8245H |
| MSN: | TH-1635 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10872 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-550-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Farmington, New Mexico -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Farmington Municipal Airport, NM (FMN/KFMN) |
| Farmington Municipal Airport, NM (FMN/KFMN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the takeoff/initial climb, when the main landing gear retracted a "pop-bang was heard." The two green main landing gear indicator lights and the red in-transit indicator light remained illuminated. The pilot's recycled the landing gear; however, they could not get a down and locked indication for the nose landing gear. During a low approach over the runway, company personnel observed that the nose landing gear was not locked in the down position and was at a 45 degree angle. Subsequently, the nose landing gear collapsed during the landing roll. The nose landing gear plunger assembly, part number 35-825094-4, had accumulated 10,872.5 hours. Stereoscopic and metallurgical examination of the component revealed a fatigue fracture.
Probable Cause: The failure of the nose landing gear plunger assembly due to fatigue.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW02LA189
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| 11 March 2009 | N8245H | San Juan Pilot Training Inc | 0 | Durango, Colorado | |
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| 14-Oct-2022 14:21 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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