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LAX88LA208

1988-06-07 · CORONA, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport L66

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL HAD REPLACED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSY AND HAD CONDUCTED RETRACTION TESTS PRIOR TO RELEASING THE ACFT FOR FLT. AFTER TAKEOFF THE LNDG GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND THE FLT WAS CONDUCTED WITHOUT INCIDENT UNTIL, UPON ENTERING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEARS ONLY EXTENDED. THE LEFT ENGINE AND PROPELLER WERE SECURED WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH FOR THE LANDING. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEARS. AS THE ACFT SLOWED DURING THE LNDG ROLL THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE PROPELLER SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT ON GROUND IMPACT AND STRUCK THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR WAS SEVERED FROM THE ACFT AND THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_LAX88LA208.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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