ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 297704
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Date: | Sunday 15 December 2019 |
Time: | 13:00 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-18 |
Owner/operator: | |
Registration: | N1984A |
MSN: | 18-1808 |
Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4343 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-B2B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | New Market, Virginia -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Newmarket, VA (8W2) |
Destination airport: | Newmarket, VA (8W2) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:According to the pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane, the airplane immediately rolled right and pitched forward at touchdown. The pilot's corrective control inputs had "no effect"; the airplane continued 100 ft past its touchdown point and came to rest facing about 40° off centerline with the tailwheel on the runway centerline. The right main landing gear leg and shock/dampener fractured, and the right wing was substantially damaged. Metallurgical examination of the right main landing gear leg and gear shock/dampener revealed no pre-impact anomalies, and the fracture surfaces of each displayed features consistent with overload failure. Thus, it is likely that the failure of the landing gear was a result of a hard landing.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper touchdown, which resulted in a hard landing and an overload failure of the right main landing gear leg and its associated shock/dampener.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ERA20LA055 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ERA20LA055
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