Cessna 150 N6495G

Summary

On 16 August 2024 at about 15:44 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N6495G was involved in an accident near Gainesville, Florida, 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

16 August 2024 at 15:44

Classification

Accident

Location

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Gainesville Rgnl (GNV)

Coordinates

29.6890, -82.2726

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N6495G

Category

Airplane

Year built

1970

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kissimeee → Gainesville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA24LA347

Nobody was injured.

The separation of a nose landing gear axle retaining nut and the subsequent the failure of the nose landing gear during landing.

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

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The student pilot and flight instructor described that during the landing roll the student pilot smelled a “burnt” smell, and that as the airplane continued to slow, drifted to the left. The student applied right rudder, but the airplane did not respond. He then applied the brakes and the nose landing gear immediately collapsed. The lower forward portion of the airplane’s fuselage was substantially damaged during the accident sequence. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the airplane after the accident and provided photos of his findings that were examined in detail. The examinations revealed that the nose landing gear fork was separated from the upper portion of the nose landing gear assembly. Additionally, one of the nuts securing the nose landing gear’s axle was missing, while the threads on the axle were intact. The opposite end of the axle retained its nut, which was still secured with a cotter pin. The nose landing gear fork fracture surfaces exhibited fracture features consistent with overstress, and signatures consistent with the nosewheel rubbing against it before the fracture occurred. Based on this information, it is likely that one of the nuts securing the nosewheel axle was not properly secured and separated from the axle. This allowed the axle to displace laterally, resulting in the nosewheel making contact with the fork, and its subsequent failure.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.