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ATL87LA180

1987-06-22 · DAYTON, Ohio, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport FFO

N20ST has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (STEMME GMBH & CO S10-VT, built 1998), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED SEPARATION OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DURING THE LANDING ROLL. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE PROGRESSION OF A PREEXISTING CRACK ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY. THE PROBELMS WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE MANUFACTURER WHO RECOMMENDED COMPLIANCE WITH SERVICE BUTTETIN 82-448 THAT WAS ISSUED TO DETECT CRACKS SIMILAR TO THAT EXPERIENCED IN THIS INSTANCE. THE SERVICE BULLETIN, THAT WAS ISSUED IN 1979, HAD NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED ON THE AIRCRAFT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_ATL87LA180.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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