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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtros OSPREY2 · West Mifflin, PA · September 10, 1981

Date: September 10, 1981 · 11:00 local
Place: West Mifflin, PA
Airport: Allegheny Co
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N50CW
Reported as: Amtros OSPREY2
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total10 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N50CWRegistration cancelled Aug 20, 2013 · Mccain OSPREY IIS/N 50 · Built 1977 Airframe modelMccain OSPREY II Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Gear safe light went out. Right gear collapsed on setdown. Faulty communication caused distraction.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR SAFE LIGHT WENT OUT. RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED ON SETDOWN.FAULTY COMMUNICATION CAUSED DISTRACTION.