- Date
- August 11, 1999, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tecumseh, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6284ACessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 19990811037079A
- Case key
- 47068
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Probable cause
fracture of the right main landing gear strut.
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 aircraft was landing on runway 36 when the right main landing gear separated. The aircraft departed the right side of the runway and came to rest. The pilot and passenger were not injured. Inspection revealed a fracture of the right spring landing gear leg about one inch outobard of the fuselage skin.
Factual narrative
On August 11, 1999, at 1330 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182, N6284A, piloted by a commercial pilot, was substantially damaged when its right main landing gear collapsed shortly after landing on runway 36 (2,649' X 75' dry asphalt) at the Al Meyers Airport, Tecumseh, Michigan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot and passenger reported no injuries. The flight departed Tecumseh, Michigan, with one passenger and two student skydivers aboard who were dropped from 4000 feet msl.
The on-scene investigation revealed the right main landing gear leg fractured about one inch outboard of the fuselage skin. The fracture originated from where the right main landing gear wheel's brake line is attached to the strut. Cessna Part 0741009-4, S/N P-55, right spring landing gear leg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6284A
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33084
- Airframe hours
- 7,582
- Engine
- Teledyne Cont O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Parachuting Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 14, 1999 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- 3TE
- Destination
- 3TE
- Airport
- 3TE · Tecumseh Al Meyers, runway 360, 2,649 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 1, 1999
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,002 total · 507 in this make and model · 908 as pilot in command · 270 in the last 90 days · 97 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 19 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
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 N6284A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.