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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-36-375 · Fellsmere, FL · September 12, 1983

Date
September 12, 1983 · 10:00 local
Place
Fellsmere, FL
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3778E
Reported as
Piper PA36375
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total1,100 in this make and model160 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.

Right main gear collapsed at start of taxi on smooth asphalt. Gear broke at airframe attachment.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AT START OF TAXI ON SMOOTH ASPHALT. GEAR BROKE AT AIRFRAME ATTACHMENT.