- Date
- June 18, 1984, 19:30 local (Jun 19, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Quincy, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8477THalfpap Varieze
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840618025909A
- Case key
- 12661
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The acft experienced a collapse of the main landing gear after a hard landing. The plt reported initially that he made ahard landing and stated that when he applied the brakes the landing gear collapsed. The plt was given two NTSB 6120.1 forms by the FAA. Neither form was completed and returned to the NTSB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8477T
- Reported as
- Halfpap Varieze
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 817
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Seigfried Halfpap
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 8H2 · Quincy, IL
- Airport
- 8H2 · Siegfried, runway 20, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UIN, 10 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.