Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Detroit City Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Detroit, Michigan 48224
Tuesady, April 25, 1989 16:35 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
DURING THE LANDING ROLL, AS THE AIRCRAFT DECELERATED TO A 'REASONABLE SPEED', THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN ONTO A TAXIWAY TO DEPART THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AS HE STARTED THE TURN HE HEARD A 'LOUD BANG' FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT WING TANK STRIKING THE GROUND. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A BOLT, P/N NAS464P4-26, IN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED. TOTAL TIME ON THIS PART COULD NOT BE DETERMINED; TOTAL TIME ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS 10,134 HOURS, WITH THE MOST RECENT ANNUAL INSPECTION ACCOMPLISHED ON JULY 27, 1988, AT A TOTAL TIME OF 10,127 HOURS.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
FAILURE OF A BOLT IN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 4/25/1989 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1635 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | DETROIT |
| Event State | MICHIGAN |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 48224 |
| Event Date Year | 1989 |
| Event Date Month | 4 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | DETROIT CITY |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | DET |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 626 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1530 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | DET |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 626 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 20000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Thin Broken |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 17 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -1 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| 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) | 573 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Apr 25 1989 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1700 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 39977 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 12:35PM |
| 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 | N444EA |
| NTSB Number | CHI89LA080 |
| 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 | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 411 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 411 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 411A0267 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 6500 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jul 27 1988 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 7 |
| Airframe Hours | 10134 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | BONNAIR, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 361 GARDENDALE |
| Aircraft Owner City | FERNDALE |
| Aircraft Owner State | MI |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 48220 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | JETSTREAM, INC. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 11206 CONNER |
| Operator City | DETROIT |
| Operator State | MI |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 48213 |
| Operator Code | BUKA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| 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) | Business |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | DET |
| Departure City | DETROIT |
| Departure State | MI |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1600 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | DET |
| Destination City | DETROIT |
| Destination State | MI |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 33 |
| Runway Length | 5090 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |