# Accident 19790812021409A: Cessna 182, Tecumseh, MI, August 12, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1979, 14:30 local time
- Place: Tecumseh, MI
- Airport: Al Meyers
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0251° N, 83.9393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AL MEYERS (3TE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0251&lon=-83.9393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3939D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3939D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,753 total, 1,305 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEC42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEC42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790812021409A

## Narrative

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

LEFT SPRING STEEL LANDING GEAR STRUT BROKE DURING LANDING ON SOD, PARALLEL TO RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI79FEC42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEC42), Aug 12, 1979: Cessna 182 (N3939D), Tecumseh, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3939D (2)

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

- [Accident 19890702024599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890702024599A), Jul 2, 1989: Cessna 182A (N3939D), Tecumseh, MI, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Hit embankment,nosed over on forced landing. Carburetor icing suspect. Metal in oil screen
- [Incident 19860928067669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860928067669I), Sep 28, 1986: Cessna 182A (N3939D), Tecumseh, MI. Failed to open chute as soon as he departed aircraft. Chutist tumbled and cords of chute tangled. Impacted ground.

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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