- Date
- July 22, 1978
- Place
- Durango, CO · DURANGO, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8268PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780722022029A
- Case key
- 140704
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2260 78/7/22 DURANGO,CO PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 450 TIME - 1620 N8268P PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANIMAS AIR PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DURANGO,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- SHOCK CORDS ON RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WERE STRETCHED BUT NOT SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8268P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Animas Air Park
N8268PRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2013 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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 N8268P · 1
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