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| Date: | Friday 16 September 2011 |
| Time: | 08:10 UTC |
| Type: |  Partenavia P.68B |
| Owner/operator: | Weibel Scientific |
| Registration: | OY-CAB |
| MSN: | 72 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | , repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Roskilde Airport (RKE/EKRK) -
 Denmark
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | HCLJ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The accident occurred during a VFR flight from a private airfield in Nordsjælland. While taking off from runway 26, the pilot heard a loud "bang" and felt a jerk in the aircraft. After getting airborne, it was discovered that the nose wheel was missing. The pilot then chose to advise EKRK Tower of the situation. The aircraft subsequently landed on runway 29 at EKRK. As a result of the missing nose wheel, the nose of the aircraft was damaged during landing. No one was injured in the accident. The incident occurred in daylight under visual meteorological conditions (VMC).
Investigation
It was subsequently found that the pilot was disturbed while preparing for and exiting the hangar. During the preparation, photos of the pilot and his passengers were taken at the aircraft, which is why the pilot did not complete his preparation and forgot to remove the tow bar from the nose wheel. During the subsequent takeoff, the forgotten tow bar led to a fracture of the lower strut and the nose wheel separated from the aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
HCLJ
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 April 2017 | OY-CAB | Weibel Scientific A/S | 0 | Grønnessegaard (EKGG) | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Oct-2025 08:26 | ASN | Added |
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