# Incident 19830508032389I: Vought F4U4, New Smyrna Beac, FL, May 8, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1983, 17:15 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0258° N, 80.9270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Smyrna Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0258&lon=-80.9270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90285, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90285-1991-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Chance Vought-Doan F4U-1 CORSAIR (registry code 2152605, https://openairdocs.org/model/chance-vought-doan-f4u-1-corsair) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VOUGHT F4U4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 98 in this make and model, 153 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830508032389I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR STUCK. MISJUDGED A DEAD STICK LANDING. LANDED SHORT AND FLIPPED OVER. GEAR STRUT RETRACT CABLE BROKEN.

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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