# Accident 19800207001799A: Dhav DHC6300, College Station, TX, February 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1980, 11:30 local time
- Place: College Station, TX
- Airport: Easterwood
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RIOA
- Location: 30.5880° N, 96.3625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTERWOOD FLD (CLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5880&lon=-96.3625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97RA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6300
- People aboard: 12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,657 total, 57 in this make and model, 310 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800207001799A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED AS AIRPLANE TURNED ON TAXIWAY. LANDING GEAR LEG SEPARATED AT Y JOINT WELD.

## 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 FTW80DA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DA038), Feb 7, 1980: Dehavilland DCH-6 (N97RA), College Sta, TX, substantial 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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