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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-31ATC · Ann Arbor, MI · August 4, 1981

Date
August 4, 1981 · 16:40 local
Place
Ann Arbor, MI
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N14797
Reported as
Blanca 1731ATC
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
950 total700 in this make and model40 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.

Sharp noise in left wing in flight left gear collapsed on stop after landing. Mounting bracket fatigue failure.

As the FAA filed it

SHARP NOISE IN LEFT WING IN FLIGHT LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED ON STOP AFTER LANDING. MOUNTING BRACKET FATIGUE FAILURE.

Other reports on N14797 · 1

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