ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 345070
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| Date: | Sunday 20 August 2023 |
| Time: | 20:30 LT |
| Type: |  WACO UPF-7 |
| Owner/operator: | Flying Adventures TM LLC |
| Registration: | N39721 |
| MSN: | 5854 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Flying Circus Aerodrome (3VA3), Warrenton, VA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Warrenton, VA |
| Warrenton, VA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, after takeoff in the vintage tailwheel-equipped biplane, he was notified via radio that the right main landing gear was partially separated from the airframe. The pilot, returned to the airport and during landing, he continued to fly the airplane down the runway with the right main landing gear in the air until the airplane decelerated and settled onto the turf runway. Once the airplane slowed, it “ground loop[ed]' and came to rest on the nose, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. Postaccident examination revealed that the inner strut had separated from the outer strut but remained partially attached.
Probable Cause: A ground loop during landing resulting from a partial separation of the right main landing gear strut during takeoff.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA23LA345
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N39721/history/20230820/1947Z/3VA3/L%2038.55771%20-77.71412
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 February 1989 | N39721 | Private | 0 | Marathon, FL | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Aug-2023 20:55 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 30-Aug-2023 20:56 | Captain Adam | Updated |
| 06-Sep-2023 03:45 | Captain Adam | Updated |
| 06-Dec-2023 14:06 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2023 14:08 | harro | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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