Beechcraft 76 N83ER

Summary

On 30 July 2009 at about 22:30 local time, a Beechcraft 76 registered N83ER, operated by Air Safety Flight Academy, was involved in an accident near Glendale, Arizona, 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

30 July 2009 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Glendale, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Glendale Municipal Airport (GEU)

Coordinates

33.5306, -112.2933

Aircraft

Beechcraft 76

Registration

N83ER

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Air Safety Flight Academy

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Glendale → Glendale

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR09LA383

Nobody was injured.

The fatigue failure of the left main landing gear enhanced side brace assembly.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor reported that the landing gear warning horn went off while taxiing to the ramp at the conclusion of the instructional flight. After checking that the landing gear handle was down and bringing the airplane to a complete stop, the left main landing gear collapsed, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. A subsequent examination of the left main landing gear system revealed that the side frame assembly was the latest enhanced version and had failed as a result of fatigue, consistent with the stresses developed from the bending moments applied to the down tube during the normal extension and retraction of the main landing gear, as well as during takeoff, landing, and taxiing. A search of the relevant data bases disclosed no other reports of similar failures in the new enhanced version of the part.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.