14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, February 18, 2012 in New Philadelphia, OH
Probable Cause Approval Date: 07/30/2014
Aircraft: CESSNA 182A, registration: N20DE
Injuries: 3 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
The pilot reported that the landing was normal, but, during the landing roll as the airplane was turning onto the taxiway, the left wheel separated from the landing gear. The left wing sustained substantial damage when it struck the ground. The examination of the airplane revealed that the four bolts that attached the wheel to the landing gear were broken. The metallurgical examination of the four bolts revealed that the fractures were consistent with ductile overstress. The pilot reported that the airplane was converted to a tailwheel airplane per a supplemental type certificate, that it was equipped with tundra tires, and that it was routinely landed on sandbars, strip mines, and fields. The pilot reported that installing new bolts could have prevented the accident from occurring.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The inadequate maintenance of the wheel attachment bolts, which resulted in the left wheel separating from the landing gear during landing due to ductile overstress fractures.
On February 18, 2012, at 1115 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182A, N20DE, sustained substantial damage when the left wheel separated from the left main landing gear during landing roll at the Harry Clever Field Airport (PHD), New Philadelphia, Ohio. The left wing sustained substantial damage when it struck the ground. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by E & S Aircraft, Inc., under the provisions of the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed. The airplane departed Richard Downing Airport (I40), Coshocton, Ohio, at 1100.
The pilot reported that the landing was normal, but during the landing roll as the airplane was turning onto the taxiway, the left wheel separated from the landing gear. The examination of the airplane revealed that the four bolts that attached the wheel to the landing gear were broken.
The National Transportation Safety Board's Materials laboratory examined the four fractured bolts. Two bolts were smaller in diameter. The fracture surfaces had a uniform matte-gray rough appearance consistent with ductile overstress fractures under tension loads. The two larger diameter bolts were bent in the shank area. Fracture surfaces on both bolts showed matte-gray features mixed with areas of post fracture damage. All features were consistent with ductile overstress fractures under off-axis loading.
The pilot reported that the airplane was converted to a tailwheel airplane per a supplemental type certificate, and that it was equipped with tundra tires. The airplane was routinely landed off runways on sandbars, strip mines, and fields. The pilot reported that installing new bolts could have prevented the accident from occurring.
NTSB Identification: CEN12LA218
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, February 18, 2012 in New Philadelphia, OH
Aircraft: CESSNA 182A, registration: N20DE
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On February 18, 2012, at 1100 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182A, N20DE, sustained substantial damage when the left wheel separated from the left main landing gear during landing at the Harry Clever Field Airport (PHD), New Philadelphia, Ohio. The pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by E & S Aircraft, Inc., under the provisions of the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed. The airplane departed Richard Downing Airport (I40), Coshocton, Ohio, at 1045.
Courtesy Ohio Highway Patrol
The left wheel of the fixed-landing gear collapsed on a 1958 Cessna 182 airplane during its landing Saturday at Harry Clever Field in New Philadelphia.
Courtesy Ohio Highway Patrol
The left wheel of the fixed-landing gear collapsed on a 1958 Cessna 182 airplane during its landing Saturday at Harry Clever Field in New Philadelphia.
NEW PHILADELPHIA — Three area residents escaped potential serious injury Saturday when a tire on their airplane malfunctioned during landing at Harry Clever Field in New Philadelphia.
“It could have been much worse,” said Sgt. Bill Bower of the New Philadelphia post of the Ohio Highway Patrol. “Fortunately, the plane stayed upright, although it tilted to the left and damaged that wing. It veered slightly to the right, but stayed on the runway the entire time.”
Pilot Donis A. Emslie, 70, of 22406 state Route 751, West Lafayette, told investigators he was taking advantage of the good weather Saturday to fly from the I-40 Airport in Coshocton. While landing in New Philadelphia at about 11 a.m., the plane’s left wheel collapsed from its fixed landing gear. The plane covered about 200 feet with the tire intact, and another 115 feet after the incident.
The wing scraped the runway, and the 1958 Cessna 182 airplane had to be removed with a forklift, Bower said. No damage estimate was available.
There were two passengers in the plane, Nicholas E. Hahn, 32, of 21811 County Road 151, West Lafayette, and Brian E. Darr, 28, of 28501 Township Road 205, Fresno.
New Philadelphia police and firefighters responded to the scene. The accident remains under investigation by state troopers.
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