- Date
- October 29, 1983, 14:01 local (20:01 UTC)
- Place
- Rapid City, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6769Baking Duce
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831029056009A
- Case key
- 16253
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft ran off the left side of the rwy during landing and the left main landing gear collapsed. When the plt attempted to bring the acft back onto the rwy the gear hit the edge of the rwy. There was a 7 to 10 kt crosswind on rwy 14 at the time of the accident. The acft had just been purchased and the plt flying had 140 hours total flying time with only 3 hours in acft with conventional landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6769
- Reported as
- Baking Duce
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 157
- Airframe hours
- 576
- Engine
- Lycoming O-29O-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James A. Regester
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 23, 1983 · 56 hours before
- Airport
- RAP · Rapid City Regional, runway 14, 7,421 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 72 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RAP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.