# Incident 19781211024789I: Dhav DHC6/, Sacramento, CA, December 11, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1978, 09:07 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76PH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6/
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,568 total, 96 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79IA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79IA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781211024789I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN STRUT FAILED DURING TAXI. FAILURE WAS IN A WELD JOINT APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY UP ON THE STRUT.

## 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 OAK79IA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79IA011), Dec 11, 1978: Dehavilland DHC-6 (N76PH), Sacramento, CA, incident, minor damage

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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