19860412044259A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Child S2APITTS · Kansas City, MO · April 12, 1986

Date
April 12, 1986 · 10:30 local
Place
Kansas City, MO
Airport
Kansas City Downtown Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N51WJ
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC86LA089
Reported as
Child S2APITTS
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO360A1E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,414 total30 in this make and model118 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.

Left gear folded while taxiing after landing. Cold weld failed on one of the joints on strut assembly.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT GEAR FOLDED WHILE TAXIING AFTER LANDING. COLD WELD FAILED ON ONE OF THE JOINTS ON STRUT ASSEMBLY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.