- Date
- August 17, 1981
- Place
- Tooksok Bay, AK · TOOKSOK BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N31941Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810817050249I
- Case key
- 123611
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0060 81/8/17 TOOKSOK BAY,AK PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1745 N31941 PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG 32, 4800 TOTAL HOURS, 410 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - TOOKSOK BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETHEL,AK TOOKSOK BAY,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- R MAIN LNDG GEAR TRUNNION FAILED.FATIGUE CRACK BGN WHERE WEB RUN-OUT WAS GND.DIP IN CTR OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31941
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Tooksok Bay
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.