Cessna 182E N3177Y

Summary

On 21 February 1999 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 182E registered N3177Y was involved in an accident near East Troy, Wisconsin, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 February 1999 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

East Troy, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

East Troy Municipal Arpt (57C)

Coordinates

42.7790, -88.3898

Aircraft

Cessna 182E

Registration

N3177Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI99LA097

Nobody was injured.

the collapse of the right main landing gear from a preexisting fatigue crack.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that after four parachutists had boarded the airplane, he began to taxi away from the gate. The pilot stated that the airplane traveled about 25 yards on the upward sloping grass terrain when the right main landing gear collapsed. Examination of the landing gear revealed a break approximately 10 inches from the inboard end of the landing gear leg at a point where it is clamped to the fuselage structure. Further examination of the airplane revealed no other anomalies. Examination of the landing gear by the Materials Laboratory Division of the National Transportation Safety Board indicated that the break stemmed from preexisting fatigue regions located on the lower forward surface of the landing gear leg. This area of the gear also contained evidence of fretting damage in areas where there had been a loss of paint.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.