# Incident 19801120083879I: Vought F4U4, Bridgeport, CT, November 20, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1980, 14:30 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Sikorsky Memorial
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2473° N, 73.0978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIKORSKY (JSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2473&lon=-73.0978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4907M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4907M-2012-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Chance Vought F4U-4 (registry code 2152608, https://openairdocs.org/model/chance-vought-f4u-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VOUGHT F4U4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 3 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/19801120083879I

## Narrative

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

RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING DUE LEFT MAIN WHEEL NOT CENTERED WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED. PIVOT WORN AND CRACKED.

## Other reports on N4907M (1)

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

- [Accident 19810607071629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810607071629A), Jun 7, 1981: Vought F4U4 (N4907M), Stratford, CT, Destroyed. Pilot lost control of aircraft during takeoff ground roll. Aicraft rolled left and crashed after liftoff.

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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