42.3712° N, 83.4676° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Plymouth, MI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 26, 1983 · 15:00 local
Place
Plymouth, MI
Airport
Mettetal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N71PS
Reported as
Amtrev COUGAR1
Reported engine
Franklin 4A235B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
286 total14 in this make and model12 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.
Taxied through frozen ruts between runway and ramp. Left main landing gear failed near fuselage attachement.
As the FAA filed it
TAXIED THROUGH FROZEN RUTS BETWEEN RUNWAY AND RAMP. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED NEAR FUSELAGE ATTACHEMENT.