Accident · 2003-11-18
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-11-18
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Fairchild Swearingen SA226TC (N332BA)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
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.
Source: NTSB case DEN04LA023Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.