NONE · CESSNA 402C · 2012-08-31 · Nantucket, MA, USA
Event
NTSB number
ERA12IA550
Event ID
20120907X13241
Type
Incident
Date
2012-08-31
Location
Nantucket, MA, USA
Coordinates
41.253055, -70.060279
Injuries
Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
10
Total aboard
10
Aircraft
Make
CESSNA
Model
402C
Registration
N769EA
FAR Part
135
Engines
2
Damage
MINR
Conditions
Light
DAYL
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
Company maintenance personnel’s failure to comply with the airplane manufacturer’s service instructions by not removing the cracked drag brace from service nor inspecting the repaired drag brace at the appropriate interval, which resulted in the failure of the nose landing gear drag brace due to fatigue cracking and collapse of the nose landing gear during the landing roll. Contributing to the failure of the nose landing gear drag brace was the failure of the repair station to detect a remaining portion of a crack following repair.