# Accident 20240608006399A: Auman Jl T-51, Madisonville, TN, June 8, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2024, 12:00 local time
- Place: Madisonville, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5452° N, 84.3804° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5452&lon=-84.3804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N512JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N512JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Auman JL T-51 (registry code 05623X7, https://openairdocs.org/model/auman-jl-t-51) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honda CIVIC (registry code 33802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honda-civic) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AUMAN JL T-51
- Reported engine: HONDA CIVIC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,174 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA255) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240608006399A

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHIMMY FROM SIDE TO SIDE TO WHICH THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO ARREST WITH BRAKES OR RUDDER INPUT. SOON AFTER THE RIGHT WING COLLAPSED AND HIT THE RUNWAY TO WHICH THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED THE LOWER LEG ASSEMBLES OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED AT A WELDED ATTACH POINT OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR OLEO STRUT. THE COMPONENTS WERE QUARANTINED AND SENT TO THE NTSB LAB FOR FURTHER INSPECTION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA24LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA255), Jun 8, 2024: Titan T51 (N512JA), Madisonville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right main landing gear weldment due to fatigue cracking.

## Other reports on N512JA (1)

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

- [Accident 20121211027029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121211027029A), Dec 11, 2012: Auman Jl T-51 (N512JA), Dekalb, IL, Substantial damage. On December 11, 2012 at 1545 CST, an experimental amatuer built aicraft, NX512JA, departing Dekalb Taylor municipal airport runway 20, lost power. The…

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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