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| Date: | Monday 29 April 2024 |
| Time: | 13:20 |
| Type: | Oldfield Baby Great Lakes |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N822CH |
| MSN: | 350B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Castroville Municipal Airport (CVB/KCVB), Castroville, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Castroville Municipal Airport, TX (KCVB) |
| Castroville Municipal Airport, TX (KCVB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On April 29, 2024, about 1320 central daylight time, a Baby Great Lakes experimental amateurbuilt airplane, N822CH, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident at Castroville Municipal Airport (CVB/KCVB), Castroville, Texas. The pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The pilot reported that he thought he struck a pothole while landing on the grass runway. During the landing sequence, the airplane experienced a postimpact fire, and the airplane was destroyed. The pilot sustained thermal injuries and was hospitalized for an extended time period. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed the right main landing gear axle had fractured during the landing sequence, and the landing gear leg punctured the fuel tank which likely contributed to the postimpact fire. Metallurgical examination revealed a series of ratchet marks consistent with multiple fatigue crack initiation points joining into a single larger crack on the right main landing gear axle. The fatigue crack extended across about 30% of the cross section of the tube before final failure due to overstress. The locations of the fatigue initiation points were consistent with the cyclic bending forces that would have been applied to this section of the landing gear under normal landing and takeoff conditions.
Probable Cause: The failure of the right main landing gear axle due to multiple fatigue crack initiation points joining into a single larger crack.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/pilot-hospitalized-after-single-seat-plane-crash-outside-castroville-air-travel-flight-airport-tickets-local-news-near-me-faa
https://www.ktsa.com/medina-county-ems-pilot-escapes-after-plane-crashes-catches-fire-near-castroville-airport/
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194175
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/50382_1665019348.jpg (photo)
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2024 14:10 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 02-May-2024 07:43 | Chriszodiac | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Phase, ] |
| 10-May-2024 19:03 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
| 10-Sep-2024 18:09 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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