19891224052909I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrso STARDUSTER2 · Billings, MT · December 24, 1989

Date
December 24, 1989 · 12:55 local
Place
Billings, MT
Airport
Billings Logan International
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N277DC
Reported as
Amtrso STARDUSTER2
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total50 in this make and model70 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.

Weld joint on right main gear failed on rollout. Cause of gear failure determined to be cold weld joint.

As the FAA filed it

WELD JOINT ON RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED ON ROLLOUT. CAUSE OF GEAR FAILURE DETERMINED TO BE COLD WELD JOINT.