# Incident 19890407021999I: Doug B26B, Philipsburg, PA, April 7, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1989, 12:30 local time
- Place: Philipsburg, PA
- Airport: Mid State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8844° N, 78.0873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MID-STATE (PSB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8844&lon=-78.0873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3426G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3426G-1993-01-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas RB-26C (registry code 3020526, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-rb-26c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG B26B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890407021999I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE TAXIING TO RUNWAY. GOING TO GIVE AN AERIAL WATER DISPENSING DEMONSTRATION.

## Other reports on N3426G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880302012549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880302012549I), Mar 2, 1988: Doug B26C (N3426G), Kingstree, SC, Minor damage. Right main landing gear collapsed while taxiing to ramp. Found tube assembly part 8211 79 had failed.

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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