- Date
- March 29, 1982, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mineral Point, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5518MAero Commander 100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820329006539A
- Case key
- 71720
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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 right main gear collapsed during a landing on runway 22 with the wind from 140 degrees at 15 gusting 22 knots. Subsequently, the aircraft veered to the right and went off of the runway. It continued into a gully and nosed over. An examination revealed that a bolt had failed where the right main strut was attached to the frame. No evidence of fatigue was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5518M
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 035
- Airframe hours
- 1,405
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Winch
- Registered owner
- William Winch
- Departed
- Wisconsin Rapid, WI
- Destination
- Savanna, IL
- Airport
- C32 · Iowa County, runway 22, 3,010 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 138 total · 50 in this make and model · 81 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 108 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.