Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 29 December 1981
Aircraft Type: Hawker Siddeley HS-748-239 Srs. 2A
Owner/operator: Eastern Provincial Airways
Registration Number: C-GEPH
Location: Sydney Airport, NS (YQY) –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Taxi
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18
Component Affected: Nosegear steering systemNosegear steering system
Category: Accident
A Cessna aircraft experienced a catastrophic failure of the nosegear steering system while taxiing after landing, resulting in a collision with a terminal building.A Cessna aircraft experienced a catastrophic failure of the nosegear steering system while taxiing after landing, resulting in a collision with a terminal building.
Description
While taxiing after landing, the nosegear steering failed, as did the brakes. Though the crew shut down the engines, the aircraft collided with the terminal building.
Primary Cause
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