ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 373529
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| Date: | Saturday 21 February 1987 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3513U |
| MSN: | 18254913 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3300 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pontiac, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (KPTK) |
| (KPTK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE THE ACFT WAS BEING TAXIED TO A HANGAR AFTER LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SPRING STRUT, PN 0741601-1, HAD FAILED WHERE IT WAS CLAMPED TO THE FUSELAGE. A METALLURGICAL EXAM OF THE FRACTURE AREA REVEALED THERE WAS FATIGUE WHERE FRETTING OF THE STRUT HAD OCCURRED AT THE CLAMP. THE ACFT HAD 3300 HRS OF TOTAL FLT TIME & WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE HAD OVER 3000 LANDINGS.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI87LA089
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 July 1994 | N3513U | Private | 0 | Raeford, NC | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 27-Mar-2024 14:04 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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