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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing B75N1 · Hammond, LA · July 31, 1994

Date: July 31, 1994 · 14:30 local
Place: Hammond, LA
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3718C
Reported as: Boeing B75N1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 480 total62 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N3718CRegistered now · Boeing B75N1S/N 75-5840 · Built 1942 Airframe modelBoeing B75N1 Engine modelContinental W670 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.

Narrative: the aircraft landed with slight crosswind, touching down in a slight crab with the left wing down. The left main landing gear tire, a tubeless tire, lost all air pressure and the aircraft began an arching, rolling path across the runway. Shortly after the aircraft started the arching path, the surface of the runway changed from concrete to asphalt. The left main landing gear wheel rim caught in the expansion joint between the concrete and asphalt, causing the left main landing gear to collapse. The collapse of the left main landing gear allowed the left lower wing tip to strike the surface, causing minor damage to that wing tip. The pilot was counseled on proper crosswind landing techniques.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH SLIGHT CROSSWIND, TOUCHING DOWN IN A SLIGHT CRAB WITH THE LEFT WING DOWN. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE, A TUBELESS TIRE, LOST ALL AIR PRESSURE AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN AN ARCHING, ROLLING PATH ACROSS THE RUNWAY. SHORTLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT STARTED THE ARCHING PATH, THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY CHANGED FROM CONCRETE TO ASPHALT. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL RIM CAUGHT IN THE EXPANSION JOINT BETWEEN THE CONCRETE AND ASPHALT, CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE COLLAPSE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ALLOWED THE LEFT LOWER WING TIP TO STRIKE THE SURFACE, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THAT WING TIP. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON PROPER CROSSWIND LANDING TECHNIQUES.