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.
Student pilot admits to landing a little harder than normal on runway 18 at Meriden airport due to small wind sheer or changing wind conditions. The right main landing gear broke at the upper torque link attach lugs allowing the landing gear stut to separate from the gear housing. Student pilot could not maintain directional control after the right main landing gear came apart. The aircraft veered to the right and came to rest facing west approximately half way down the runway. Student pilot states he was not injured. Evidence shows that the right gear's left torque link lug was cracked prior to this accident.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT ADMITS TO LANDING A LITTLE HARDER THAN NORMAL ON RUNWAY 18 AT MERIDEN AIRPORT DUE TO SMALL WIND SHEER OR CHANGING WIND CONDITIONS. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BROKE AT THE UPPER TORQUE LINK ATTACH LUGS ALLOWING THE LANDING GEAR STUT TO SEPARATE FROM THE GEAR HOUSING. STUDENT PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CAME APART. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO REST FACING WEST APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. STUDENT PILOT STATES HE WAS NOT INJURED. EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THE RIGHT GEAR'S LEFT TORQUE LINK LUG WAS CRACKED PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.