Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Mettetal-Canton Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Plymouth, Michigan 48170
Monday, June 5, 1995 15:57 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY ON ITS MAIN LANDING GEAR, BUT WHEN THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRPLANE VEERED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT AND EXITED THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PRIVATE PILOT STUDENT, WHO WAS AT THE CONTROLS, ATTEMPTED TO BRING THE AIRPLANE BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. DESPITE HIS USE OF THE RUDDER AND BRAKES, THE STUDENT WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT, CROSSED THE RUNWAY, AND EXITED THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRPLANE SLID SEVERAL FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAR ASSEMBLY HAD SEPARATED. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF A SECTION OF THE FAILED COLLAR SHOWED FEATURES REPRESENTATIVE OF AN OVERSTRESS SEPARATION ON ONE OF THE ATTACH HOLES WHICH WAS STILL FASTENED TO THE INTACT HALF BY A BOLT. THE OTHER ATTACH HOLE CONTAINED ONLY SLIGHT INDICATIONS OF THREAD IMPRINTS IN THE HOLE BUT SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF DEFORMATION. THE SHIMMY DAMPENER INSIDE THE COLLAR ALSO DISPLAYED DAMAGE.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
the failure of the nose wheel collar assembly as a result of the loss of a bolt.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 6/5/1995 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1557 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | PLYMOUTH |
| Event State | MICHIGAN |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 48170 |
| Event Date Year | 1995 |
| Event Date Month | 6 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | METTETAL-CANTON AIRPORT |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 1D2 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 696 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 6 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 29 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 90 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 10 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1413 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jun 5 1995 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1737 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 7 2000 4:19PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N40540 |
| NTSB Number | CHI95LA171 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA-23-250 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-23-250 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 27-7405276 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 5200 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Feb 14 1995 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 61 |
| Airframe Hours | 3678 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | TIMOTHY K. GLEASON |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 19168 GLENN EAGLES DRIVE |
| Aircraft Owner City | LIVONIA |
| Aircraft Owner State | MI |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 48150 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | YIP |
| Departure City | DETROIT |
| Departure State | MN |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1640 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | 1D2 |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 18 |
| Runway Length | 2500 |
| Runway Width | 45 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |