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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Supac LCA · Carlsbad, CA · December 22, 1991

Date: December 22, 1991 · 13:33 local
Place: Carlsbad, CA
Airport: Mcclellan-Palomar
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N20U
Reported as: Supac LCA
Reported engine: Continental C8512F
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 480 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

N20URegistered now · Superior CULVER LCAS/N 458 · Built 1942 Airframe modelSuperior CULVER LCA Engine modelContinental C85 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.

Main gear collapsed on rollout. Wear allowed down lock pins to contact micro switches giving false indication.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. WEAR ALLOWED DOWN LOCK PINS TO CONTACT MICRO SWITCHES GIVING FALSE INDICATION.