# NTSB Accident LAX97LA250
> **de Havilland DHC-6-300** · 1997-07-21 · ELKO, NV, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX97LA250
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08436
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-07-21
- **Location:** ELKO, NV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.949882, -115.789016
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** de Havilland
- **Model:** DHC-6-300
- **Registration:** N776BF
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The failure of maintenance personnel to correctly diagnose and correct a reoccurring nose gear steering problem, and the improperly tensioned nose wheel steering actuator cables which provided the pilot with an erroneous cockpit indication that the nose gear was centered when it was cocked.

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