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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J4E · Madison, WI · April 5, 1983

Date
April 5, 1983 · 10:10 local
Place
Madison, WI
Airport
Dane County
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N37996
Reported as
Piper J4E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
745 total47 in this make and model10 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.

Tower advised right gear hanging loose. Emergency landing. Lock ring that secures lower strut assembly failed.

As the FAA filed it

TOWER ADVISED RIGHT GEAR HANGING LOOSE. EMERGENCY LANDING. LOCK RING THAT SECURES LOWER STRUT ASSEMBLY FAILED.

Other reports on N37996 · 1

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