# Incident 19990719038579I: Cvac B24J, Green Bay, WI, July 19, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1999, 18:32 local time
- Place: Green Bay, WI
- Airport: Austin Straubel Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4835° N, 88.1308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4835&lon=-88.1308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N224J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N224J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Aircraft/Hill B-24J (registry code 2422104, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aircraft-hill-b-24j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series (registry code 52020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1830-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC B24J
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990719038579I

## Narrative

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

N224J, A B-24J AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO ITS LEFT WING AFTER LANDING AT AUSTIN STRAUBEL FILED, GREEN BAY, WI ON JULY 19,1999. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT, ROBERT COLLINGS, REPORTED THAT HE HEARD A "HEAVY THRUMP" WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED PRIOR TO LANDING.  HE STATED THAT HE HAD THREE GEAR DOWN LIGHTS AND VISUALLY CHECKED THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.  UPON LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR ATTACH POINT EARS ON THE CASTING CAUSING THE ACTUATOR TO EXTEND THROUGH THE LEFT WING SKIN.  NONE OF THE FOUR CREWMEMBERS ONBOARD WERE INJURED.

## Other reports on N224J (1)

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

- [Incident 19931020040349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931020040349I), Oct 20, 1993: Cvac B24J (N224J), Lufkin, TX. Nosewheel axle broke as aircraft was turning off runway onto taxiway.

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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