20200813012579I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Taylorcraft BC12-D · Ekwok, AK · August 13, 2020

Date
August 13, 2020 · 23:30 local
Place
Ekwok, AK
Airport
Ekwok
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N95068
Reported as
Taylorcraft BC12-D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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.

After landing on dirt/gravel runway, aircraft skidded off to right side, MLG collapsed.

Pilot claims main gear collapse due to structural failure, oxidation at weld.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING ON DIRT/GRAVEL RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF TO RIGHT SIDE, MLG COLLAPSED.

PILOT CLAIMS MAIN GEAR COLLAPSE DUE TO STRUCTURAL FAILURE, OXIDATION AT WELD.