# Incident 19800503043789I: Amtrsn SKYBOLT, Wenatchee, WA, May 3, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1980, 09:37 local time
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Airport: Pangborn
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3988° N, 120.2068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PANGBORN MEML (EAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3988&lon=-120.2068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22GL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Leake SKYBOLT (registry code 05655A6, https://openairdocs.org/model/leake-skybolt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSN SKYBOLT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 15 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800503043789I

## Narrative

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

GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING DUE TO POOR WELD PENETRATION IN THE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N22GL (1)

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

- [Accident 20180716011319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180716011319A), Jul 16, 2018: Leake SKYBOLT (N22GL), Lexington, TX, Substantial damage. After landing aircraft, during taxi back to hangar main landing gear collapsed. Aircraft sustained substantial damage to the landing gear,fusalage,wing struts.…

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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