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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr SA-300 · El Cajon, CA · June 8, 2002

Date: June 8, 2002 · 12:32 local
Place: El Cajon, CA
Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N107JC
Reported as: Amtr SA300
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 900 total5 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N107JCRegistered now · Starduster Too SA-300S/N 90 Airframe modelStarduster Too SA-300 Engine modelWarner SS165 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.

(-23) Pilot departed (see) for local day time VFR flight. Upon return to see the pilot landed on runway 27 with a left crosswind. After touch down, the right landing gear, aft, upper attach fitting failed at a welded joint. The landing gear collapsed and folded under the fuselage. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway after nosing over onto the propeller assembly. The pilot was not injured and there was no other property damage. A close examination of the welded fitting disclosed rust and corrosion in the joint of the weld. The reporting inspector speculates that once a side load was imposed on the landing gear during the cross wind landing, the right landing gear strut was overloaded, and failed due to its deteriorated/corroded condition. This incident is not related to any NMAC or pilot deviation reported by ATC. A FAA m&d report will be submitted by the owner.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED (SEE) FOR LOCAL DAY TIME VFR FLIGHT. UPON RETURN TO SEE THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 27 WITH A LEFT CROSSWIND. AFTER TOUCH DOWN, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR, AFT, UPPER ATTACH FITTING FAILED AT A WELDED JOINT. THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND FOLDED UNDER THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY AFTER NOSING OVER ONTO THE PROPELLER ASSEMBLY. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THERE WAS NO OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE WELDED FITTING DISCLOSED RUST AND CORROSION IN THE JOINT OF THE WELD. THE REPORTING INSPECTOR SPECULATES THAT ONCE A SIDE LOAD WAS IMPOSED ON THE LANDING GEAR DURING THE CROSS WIND LANDING, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUT WAS OVERLOADED, AND FAILED DUE TO ITS DETERIORATED/CORRODED CONDITION. THIS INCIDENT IS NOT RELATED TO ANY NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION REPORTED BY ATC. A FAA M&D REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED BY THE OWNER.