- Date
- November 3, 1983, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chesaning, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N597HJJordan Acey Deucy
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831103056479A
- Case key
- 12490
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
This was the first flight of the homebuilt. Shortly after takeoff the eng quit due to inadequate grounding. The plt returned to the field & made a smooth landing. At the end of the roll out the anchor plate for the landing gear truss failed causing the left gear to collapse. The plt stated that the 3/4 inch x 0.049, 4130 square tubing used for the anchor plate was too light to carry the acft loading & that it may have been previously cracked from high speed taxi tests.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N597HJ
- Reported as
- Jordan Acey Deucy
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- AD-215
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J. Henry Jordan
- Airport
- 50G · Chesaning, runway 36, 2,360 × 300 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 157 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MBS, 22 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.
Other investigations on N597HJ · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.