North American T-28D N28YF

Summary

On 25 September 2000 at about 16:15 local time, a North American T-28D registered N28YF was involved in an accident near Heber City, Utah, United States. One person was 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

25 September 2000 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Heber City, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Heber City Municipal (36U)

Coordinates

40.4306, -111.1906

Aircraft

North American T-28D

Registration

N28YF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN01LA006

Nobody was injured.

the failure of the nose wheel landing gear shimmy damper, which resulted in failure and collapse of the nose wheel landing gear during landing roll.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that during the landing roll, the nose wheel began to shimmy. As the airplane slowed down, the shimmying became worse. As the airplane approached 40 knots, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the propeller began striking the runway. Postaccident examination by Engineering Systems, Inc., Aurora, Illinois, determined that the nose wheel shimmy damper had malfuctioned. They determined that there was grit behind both cylinder end caps, and there was evidence of a slow hydraulic leak from the damper.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.