# Incident 19891224052909I: Amtrso STARDUSTER2, Billings, MT, December 24, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1989, 12:55 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N277DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N277DC-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Chapple STARDUSTER TOO (registry code 8660350, https://openairdocs.org/model/chapple-starduster-too) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSO STARDUSTER2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891224052909I

## Narrative

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

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

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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