ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230564
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| Date: | Thursday 26 July 2018 |
| Time: | 18:55 |
| Type: | Fisher Dakota Hawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N677TS |
| MSN: | 021 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912 UL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oshkosh, WI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Oshkosh, WI (OSH) |
| Oshkosh, WI (OSH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was landing the airplane on the runway at an ultralight airfield. After the airplane touched down, the left main landing gear (MLG) collapsed at the bottom end of the strut. The airplane ground looped, and the right wingtip struck the ground. The pilot stated that the landing was smooth and gentle, not hard, and that there was no side load on the landing gear at touchdown. He added that he suspected that a previous landing may have been hard, which resulted in a crack in the landing gear.
An examination of the left MLG revealed that the upper/outer strut tubing was broken, and the lower/inner strut tubing was bent. There was no evidence of fatigue. It could not be determined if the crack occurred as a result of the accident or was preexisting.
Probable Cause: The failure of the left main landing gear for reasons that could not be determined, which resulted in a loss of directional control during the ground roll.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Nov-2019 17:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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