# Accident 19810422018359A: Piper PA18150, Fresno, CA, April 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1981, 11:30 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Chandler
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4346Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4346Z-1989-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FVA36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVA36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810422018359A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE PARKING AIRCRAFT. FOUND STRUT BROKEN DUE TO FATIGUE CRACKING.

## 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 LAX81FVA36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVA36), Apr 22, 1981: Piper PA-18 (N4346Z), Fresno, CA, 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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