Cessna 172RG N6290V

Summary

On 18 January 2013 at about 01:40 local time, a Cessna 172RG registered N6290V was involved in an accident near Redmond, Oregon, 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

18 January 2013 at 01:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Redmond, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Roberts Field (RDM)

Coordinates

44.2539, -121.1483

Aircraft

Cessna 172RG

Registration

N6290V

Category

Airplane

Year built

1980

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bend → Redmond

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

WPR13LA102

Nobody was injured.

Failure of the left main landing gear pivot assembly during the landing approach.

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

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During the landing approach, the flight instructor and pilot undergoing instruction were unable to fully extend or retract the left main landing gear and, after multiple unsuccessful troubleshooting attempts, performed a gear-up landing. Postaccident examination revealed that the pivot assembly for the left main landing gear actuator had fractured and had separation features consistent with torsional fatigue. The Federal Aviation Administration previously issued an airworthiness directive (AD), which included an inspection of pivot assemblies for cracks, in accordance with a manufacturer's service bulletin (SB). The AD called for repetitive inspections of the pivot assembly if the airplane experienced a hard landing, and the SB recommended, in small print, full recompliance after a hard landing. The SB was complied with 12 years and 2,730 flight hours before the accident. The airplane was subsequently involved in a hard landing, and a reinspection was conducted; however, recompliance with the entire SB was not achieved as recommended in the SB, and the pivot failed 894 flight hours after the hard landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.