MKC90LA069
1990-03-16 · DERBY, Kansas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed
Airport K50
Current FAA registration · N7555M
- Make / Model
- CESSNA 175
- Year of manufacture
- 1959 · 31 years old at event
- Engine
- CONT MOTOR GO-300 SERIES (175 hp)
- Seats / Engines
- 4 seats · 1 engine
- Last airworthiness date
- 19590129
- ADS-B equipped
- Yes — Mode-S AA2FAF
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
FAILURE OF THE NOSE GEAR YOKE.
Factual narrative
THE PLT RPRTD THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE NOSE WHEEL BEGAN TO SHIMMY AND VIBRATE, FOLLOWED BY A LOUD POPPING NOISE. THE NOSE OF THE ACFT THEN DROPPED DOWN, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, COWLING AND FIREWALL. A POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR YOKE HAD BROKEN OFF. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1990_MKC90LA069.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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