19871010065089I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18 · Forsyth, MT · October 10, 1987

Date: October 10, 1987 · 17:00 local
Place: Forsyth, MT
Airport: Tillitt Field
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2860P
Reported as: Piper PA18
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,200 total1,200 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

N2860PRegistered now · Piper PA-18S/N 18-4447 · Built 1955 Airframe modelPiper PA-18 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

After landing, the left gear collapsed. The left lower shock strut assembly had broken.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING, THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED. THE LEFT LOWER SHOCK STRUT ASSEMBLY HAD BROKEN.