- Date
- February 21, 1987, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pontiac, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3513UCessna 182F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870221003659A
- Case key
- 13737
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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
While the acft was being taxied to a hangar after landing, the left main gear collapsed. An investigation revealed the left main landing gear spring strut, pn 0741601-1, had failed where it was clamped to the fuselage. A metallurgical exam of the fracture area revealed there was fatigue where fretting of the strut had occurred at the clamp. The acft had 3300 hrs of total flt time & was estimated to have had over 3000 landings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3513U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254913
- Airframe hours
- 3,300
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alvin A. Bullock
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 28, 1986
- Departed
- PTK
- Destination
- PTK
- Airport
- PTK · Oakland-Pontiac
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,065 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK
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 N3513U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.