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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrsm DSA1 · Fontana, CA · August 16, 1979

Date
August 16, 1979 · 07:30 local
Place
Fontana, CA
Airport
Gilfillan
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N21HM
Reported as
Amtrsm DSA1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,873 total2 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Landed on closed airport because of deteriorating weather. Main landing gear strut broke off at weld.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON CLOSED AIRPORT BECAUSE OF DETERIORATING WEATHER. MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT BROKE OFF AT WELD.