61.2135° N, 149.8447° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
October 10, 1979 · 11:40 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N28TC
Reported as
Stbros SC73
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,900 total2,200 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.
Nose gear collapsed on landing due to failure of a sheetmetal repair.
As the FAA filed it
NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING DUE TO FAILURE OF A SHEETMETAL REPAIR.