# NTSB Accident DEN04LA023
> **Fairchild Swearingen SA226TC** · 2003-11-18 · Grand Junction, CO, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN04LA023
- **Event ID:** 20031125X01950
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-11-18
- **Location:** Grand Junction, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.121665, -108.526664
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Fairchild Swearingen
- **Model:** SA226TC
- **Registration:** N332BA
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the operator's improper maintenance and servicing of the airplane's nose landing gear assembly, resulting in the collapse of the nose landing gear during the landing roll. Contributing factors include the nose section of the airplane's subsequent contact with the runway, the impact of several fractured propeller pieces into the fuselage, and the operator's inadequate maintenance and servicing procedures.

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