# NTSB Accident LAX93LA344
> **CESSNA 182A** · 1993-09-06 · POTRERO, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX93LA344
- **Event ID:** 20001211X13421
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1993-09-06
- **Location:** POTRERO, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.630168, -116.590515
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 182A
- **Registration:** N4847D
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The overload failure of the upper nose gear torque link and the subsequent separation of the nose wheel and fork assembly from the nose gear strut.  A factor in the accident was the surface irregularity in the dirt landing strip.

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