- Date
- September 14, 1990, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Americus, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7905Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900914039879A
- Case key
- 8274
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Probable cause
A low cycle fatigue failure of the left main landing gear spring.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The left main landing gear spring assembly failed at touchdown. Examination of the failed component disclosed a low cycle fatigue failure mode with no clear point of origin. In 1974, Schweizer aircraft corp issued a service note which defined the failure conditions, and the inspection procedures. The fracture analysis identified classical failure properties outlined in the service note. The pilot recorded approximately 200 landings since the last annual inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7905
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 811
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Eugene Frazier
- Airport
- Fraizer Airstrip, runway 6, 3,000 × 75 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,494 total · 677 in this make and model · 3,450 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- CSG, 45 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.