Incident Overview
Date: xx Oct 2016
Aircraft Type: Cessna 500 Citation I
Owner/operator: Advanced Power Aviation LLC
Registration Number: N888JL
Location: Wichita-Mid-Continent Airport, KS (ICT) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Pushback / towing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Component Affected: Nose landing gear and pressure vessel.Nose landing gear and pressure vessel.
Category: Accident
An aircraft was towed with brakes locked, resulting in the removal of the nose landing gear and a breach of a pressure vessel aft of the gear attach bulkhead. Inspections were completed on December 2016. The incident occurred without a precise date of occurrence.An aircraft was towed with brakes locked, resulting in the removal of the nose landing gear and a breach of a pressure vessel aft of the gear attach bulkhead. Inspections were completed on December 2016. The incident occurred without a precise date of occurrence.
Description
The aircraft was towed with brakes locked. The nose landing gear was pulled off. The pressure vessel was breached aft of the gear attach bulkhead. It was reported that Phase I-V inspections were completed 10-10-16; the aircraft was offered for sale by kwsalvage in December 2016. Precise date of occurrence is unknown.
Source of Information
http://www.kwsalvage.com/detail.asp?ID=10101033http://www.kwsalvage.com/detail.asp?ID=10101033Primary Cause
Towing with brakes locked and subsequent pressure vessel breach.Towing with brakes locked and subsequent pressure vessel breach.Share on:
