Cessna 421C N369RK

Summary

On 21 December 2004 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 421C registered N369RK was involved in an accident near Henderson, Texas, United States. 2 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 December 2004 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Henderson, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Rusk County (F12)

Coordinates

32.1389, -94.8517

Aircraft

Cessna 421C

Registration

N369RK

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tyler → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW05LA045

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the nose landing gear trunnion lug. A contributing factor was the non-compliance of the service bulletin by maintenance personnel.

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

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While on a maintenance flight, a rough running engine developed and the pilot elected to make a precautionary landing at Rusk County Airport (F12), near Henderson, Texas. After a "normal" landing on runway 16, he back taxied and was turning onto taxiway bravo, when the airplane made an uncontrolled right turn, followed by the collapse of the nose landing gear. Examination of the aircraft revealed that the nose gear trunnion lug had fractured, resulting in the nose landing gear collapse and structural damage to the nose gear well. A review of the airplane logbooks revealed that Service Bulletin, MEB88-5 Revision 2, that addresses trunnion lug failure, had not been complied with.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.