Probable cause
The failure of the nose landing gear fork during landing due to fatigue.
NTSB analysis
The student pilot performed two touch-and-go landings without incident. During the third landing, the airplane touched down on the main landing gear, and, as the pilot brought the airplane's nose down, the nosewheel collapsed. A postaccident examination of the failed nose landing gear fork revealed that the final overload fracture of the fork started at a fatigue crack at the upper shoulder of the fork, which had propagated for a period of time before the final fracture. The material used to manufacture the fork met the specified engineering requirements.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN13LA209 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Mar 26, 2013
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- College Station, Texas
- Nearest airport
- Easterwood Field (CLL)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 152
- N-number
- N48693
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1979
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
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