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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tmpson NAVION · Ypsilanti, MI · December 24, 1978

Date: December 24, 1978 · 09:07 local
Place: Ypsilanti, MI
Airport: Willow Run
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4124K
Reported as: Tmpson Navion/
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4124KRegistered now · Ryan NAVIONS/N NAV-4-1124 · Built 1947 Airframe modelRyan NAVION Engine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Gear indicated safe, collapsed after tounchdown. An unauthorized repair prevented the gear from locking properly.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR INDICATED SAFE, COLLAPSED AFTER TOUNCHDOWN. AN UNAUTHORIZED REPAIR PREVENTED THE GEAR FROM LOCKING PROPERLY.