- Date
- April 19, 1976
- Place
- Kaplan, LA · KAPLAN, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5262Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760419008659A
- Case key
- 153426
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0928 76/4/19 KAPLAN,LA GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 4500 TIME - 1645 N5262 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 4000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALTON PONERO STRI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KAPLAN,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- R GR LEG FAILED. NO LOAD ABD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5262
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alton Ponero Stri
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5262 · 1
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