# Incident 19950502016359I: Vought F4U4, Dallas, TX, May 2, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1995
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Addison Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9686° N, 96.8365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADDISON (ADS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9686&lon=-96.8365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N712RD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N712RD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Chance Vought F4U-4 (registry code 2152608, https://openairdocs.org/model/chance-vought-f4u-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VOUGHT F4U4
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,780 total, 728 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950502016359I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 05-02-95, N712RD FLOWN BY JOHN W. KONRAD, PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 204620 STRUCK ON APPROACH LIGHT ON FINAL FOR LANDING AT ADDISON AIRPORT. PILOT STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND SHORT ON RUNWAY 15 WHEN THE LEFT LANDING GEAR DOOR CONTACTED AN APPROACH LIGHT BREAKING THE FRANGIBLE SUPPORT AND SCATTERING THE DEBRIS ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N712RD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990729010121A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990729010121A), Jul 29, 1999: Vought F4U4 (N712RD), Oshkosh, WI, Destroyed. During takeoff rwy 18R N712RD collided with N14HP. N712RD was destroyed. N14HP has substantial damage. 1 serious injury. (-23) Mr. Doctor and Mr. James read…

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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