# Incident 19850531033379I: Namer SNJ5C, Little Rock, AR, May 31, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1985, 19:35 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6438D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6438D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American SNJ-5C (registry code 6400417, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-snj-5c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER SNJ5C
- Reported engine: PWA R1340*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 115 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850531033379I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS MAKING TURN ONTO TAXIWAY AND LEFT GEAR STRUT FAILED AT UPPER END. DAMAGE TO WINGTIP.

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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