- Date
- January 1, 1984, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- White Bear Lake, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N37996Piper J-4E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840101000229A
- Case key
- 12517
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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 ski-equipped acft suffered landing gear failure during a landing on a snow covered turf rwy. The landing gear separated when an attach point failed. The plt gave fatigue failure as a reason for the failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37996
- Reported as
- Piper J-4E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4-1489
- Airframe hours
- 1,395
- Engine
- Continental 85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond A. Schroeder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 1983 · 35 hours before
- Airport
- 76Y · Benson'S, runway 13, 2,000 × 150 ft
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,017 total · 60 in this make and model · 855 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.