ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319668
| Date: | Sunday 29 April 2018 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 1900C |
| Owner/operator: | Alpine Aviation |
| Registration: | N172GA |
| MSN: | UB-11 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 41851 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sioux Falls Regional Airport (Jo Foss Field), SD (FSD) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Sioux Falls Regional Airport (Joe Foss Field), SD (FSD/KFSD) |
| Rapid City Regional Airport, SD (RAP/KRAP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The right main landing gear drag brace on a Beech 1900C airplane, N172GA, disconnected from the wing forward attach point, the strut pivoted aft, and the landing gear collapsed as the airplane started to taxi for takeoff at Sioux Falls-Joe Foss Field (FSD), South Dakota, USA. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged.
Post-accident examination of the airplane revealed the aft spar lower spar cap had sustained damage from the gear collapse. The cap was dented and deformed up to 0.090". Pitting corrosion was also found on the spar cap.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the right main landing gear drag brace bolt for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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