Maher Daniel J VELOCITY N7044Q

Summary

On 30 April 2016 at about 19:56 local time, a Maher Daniel J VELOCITY registered N7044Q was involved in an accident near Worcester, Massachusetts, 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 April 2016 at 19:56

Classification

Accident

Location

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Worcester Rgnl (ORH)

Coordinates

42.2672, -71.8756

Aircraft

Maher Daniel J VELOCITY

Registration

N7044Q

Category

Airplane

Year built

1989

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Worcester → Worcester

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA16LA177

Nobody was injured.

The overstress failure of the nose landing gear fork assembly.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial pilot stated that, immediately after landing the experimental, amateur-built airplane, the nose landing gear (NLG) collapsed. Examination of the NLG revealed that the nosewheel and its mounting fork had separated. Further examination of the NLG fork revealed that it had fractured from overstress. The NLG fork was the original one installed in the airplane. Since that time, the manufacturer had determined that the original design was prone to shimmying, which could result in overstress fractures, and had twice modified the design to eliminate the failure. The new part design had not been installed on the airplane; therefore, the original NLG fork design, which was prone to fracture due to overstress, eventually fractured during the accident landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.