# Accident 19780304003699A: Cessna 182E, East Troy, WI, March 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1978
- Place: East Troy, WI
- Airport: East Troy Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Location: 42.7972° N, 88.3726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAST TROY MUNI (57C), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7972&lon=-88.3726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2860Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2860Y-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 830 total, 97 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEP22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEP22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780304003699A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FAILURE OF LDG GEAR SPRING P/N 0741601-2.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI78FEP22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEP22), Mar 4, 1978: Cessna 182E (N2860Y), East Troy, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2860Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19811126074689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811126074689A), Nov 26, 1981: Cessna 182E (N2860Y), Platteville, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Intoxicated student pilot and passenger borrowed airplane for a joy ride. Lost control shortly after takeoff.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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