SAN DIEGO, CA, USA
N737JE
Cessna TR182
According to the pilot, the aircraft touched down without mishap. He indicated that during rollout he lost directional control of the airplane after allowing the yoke to come forward for taxiing off the runway. The airplane veered left, exited off the side of the runway, the nose gear separated, and the right wing contacted the ground. An inspection of the airplane revealed the nose gear assembly had sustained an overload type failure. No discrepancies were found with the operation of the brakes. The left main landing gear tire was noted to have flat spots on it. Several hundred feet of tire tread skid marks were observed on the runway which were consistent with the airplane's ground path.
On April 27, 1996, at 1259 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna TR182, N737JE, owned and operated by the pilot, veered left off runway 28R during landing rollout at Montgomery Field, San Diego, California. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed during the personal flight which originated from Modesto, California, at 1030. According to the pilot, following an uneventful flight, he touched down without mishap. However, during rollout he lost directional control of the airplane after allowing the yoke to come forward for taxiing off the runway. The airplane's nose gear assembly separated from the airplane and the right wing contacted the ground. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors reported that during their April 30, 1996, inspection of the accident airplane, no evidence was found of preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions. The inspection revealed evidence of an overload failure in a sideways direction of the nose landing gear assembly. The left main landing gear tire was observed to have flat spots on it. No discrepancies were found with the operation of either of the brake assemblies. The FAA further reported observing tire tread skid marks on the runway which were several hundred feet in length. The marks were consistent with the accident airplane's skid path.
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing rollout as a result of his excessive application of brakes and improper use of the elevator (yoke) control.
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