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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Slinds 100-180 · Cove, OR · December 21, 2003

Date: December 21, 2003 · 13:30 local
Place: Cove, OR
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3609X
Reported as: Slinds 100180
Pilot’s flight hours: 425 total350 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

N3609XRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2012 · Aero Commander 100-180S/N 5083 · Built 1968 Airframe modelAero Commander 100-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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) During a landing in a field the aircraft landing gear broke. Investigation of the incident revealed that the landing gear lower assembly broke off about one and a half feet above the wheel axle. The break occurred near the weld between the upper and lower landing gear tube assemblies. The aircraft sustained no other damage during the landing roll out.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING A LANDING IN A FIELD THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR BROKE. INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR LOWER ASSEMBLY BROKE OFF ABOUT ONE AND A HALF FEET ABOVE THE WHEEL AXLE. THE BREAK OCCURRED NEAR THE WELD BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER LANDING GEAR TUBE ASSEMBLIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO OTHER DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT.