- Date
- October 14, 1979
- Place
- Cypress, TX · CYPRESS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7404Dehavilland DH-82A
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791014026779A
- Case key
- 133390
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2522 79/10/14 CYPRESS,TX DEHAVILLAND DH-82A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 1109 TIME - 1640 N7404 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 277 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEISER AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONROE,TX CYPRESS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- EYE ON RGT AXLE ASSEMBLY FAILED(WHERE COMPRESSION STRUT WAS ATTACHED).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7404
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DH-82A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weiser Airpark
N7404Registered now · Dehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82AAirframe modelDehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82AEngine modelDehav ENG GIPSY MAJOR
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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.