Summary
The student pilot was conducting solo consolidation flying. While taxiing after a landing on runway 27 the nosewheel assembly collapsed.
An engineering inspection of the nosewheel assembly discovered that a fatigue failure had occurred. A forging which attaches the nosewheel hydraulic actuator to the fuselage broke.
A Civil Aviation Authority Airworthiness Surveyor has inspected the aircraft and intends to have the failed component further inspected in a laboratory.
Significant Factor
The following factor was considered relevant to the development of the accident:
1. A forging failed because of fatigue.
Occurrence summary
| Investigation number | 199301725 |
|---|---|
| Occurrence date | 09/06/1993 |
| Location | Bacchus Marsh |
| State | Victoria |
| Report release date | 26/10/1994 |
| Report status | Final |
| Investigation type | Occurrence Investigation |
| Investigation status | Completed |
| Mode of transport | Aviation |
| Occurrence class | Accident |
Aircraft details
| Manufacturer | Cessna Aircraft Company |
|---|---|
| Model | 172RG |
| Registration | VH-NAY |
| Sector | Piston |
| Operation type | Flying Training |
| Departure point | Bacchus Marsh VIC |
| Destination | Bacchus Marsh VIC |
| Damage | Substantial |