Flight CTSW N165CT

Summary

On 23 May 2023 at about 13:46 local time, a Flight CTSW registered N165CT, operated by Cameron Michael F, was involved in an accident near Gregory, Michigan, 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

23 May 2023 at 13:46

Classification

Accident

Location

Gregory, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Richmond Field Airport (69G)

Coordinates

42.4417, -84.0644

Aircraft

Flight CTSW

Registration

N165CT

Category

Airplane

Year built

2006

Engines

1

Operator

Cameron Michael F

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grosse Lle Township → Gregory

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN23LA200

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s improper landing flare that resulted in a hard, bounced landing and subsequent overstress failure of the nose landing gear.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was landing on a grass runway with a slight right quartering tailwind. During the landing, the nose landing gear bounced after touchdown then separated from the airplane. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The fuselage and empennage sustained substantial damage. Metallurgical examination of the nose landing gear rotation unit revealed the fracture surfaces were consistent with shear overstress. A review of the maintenance logbooks revealed that the nose landing gear had been replaced two previous times due to hard landing events. No anomalies were noted with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. It is likely that the landing was harder than the pilot perceived, which resulted in the shear overstress of the nose landing gear.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.