- Date
- August 6, 1978
- Place
- N.Little Rock, AR · N.LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N443BDyke Delta JD-2
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780806019629A
- Case key
- 139907
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1782 78/8/6 N.LITTLE ROCK,AR DYKE DELTA JD-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 5000 TIME - 1100 N443B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH LITTLE ROCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION N.LITTLE ROCK,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FORWARD BOTTOM PORTION OF LANDING GEAR HANDLE DEVELOPED FATIGUE CRACK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N443B
- Reported as
- Dyke Delta JD-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- North Little Rock
N443BRegistration cancelled Aug 10, 2012 · Boyson DYKE DELTA JD-2Airframe modelBoyson DYKE DELTA JD-2Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.