19941203046509A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Howard DGA15P · Las Cruces, NM · December 3, 1994

Date
December 3, 1994 · 10:30 local
Place
Las Cruces, NM
Airport
Las Cruces International Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N88WT
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW95LA060
Reported as
Howard DGA15P
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN12
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,500 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Right main gear broke on landing roll. Ground looped off runway. Found prexisting fatigue cracks in gear structure.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT MAIN GEAR BROKE ON LANDING ROLL. GROUND LOOPED OFF RUNWAY. FOUND PREXISTING FATIGUE CRACKS IN GEAR STRUCTURE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.