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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC1A · Zetella, GA · May 18, 1988

Date: May 18, 1988 · 19:40 local
Place: Zetella, GA
Airport: Cedar Ridge
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N591WK
Reported as: Dhav DHC1A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 615 total150 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

N591WKRegistered now · Dehavilland DHC-1 CHIPMUNKS/N C1-0615 Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-1 CHIPMUNK Engine modelRolls-Royce GIPSY MK 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.

Right main gear strut broke on landing rollout. Right gear collapsed. Found an old crack in the strut.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUT BROKE ON LANDING ROLLOUT. RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED. FOUND AN OLD CRACK IN THE STRUT.