- Date
- February 7, 1982, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Artesia, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N33281Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820207007499A
- Case key
- 69809
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Main gear collapsed
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Landing gear,main gear - failure,partialCause
Analysis
While taxiing, the aircraft was lifted up on its right main gear by a gust of wind. When the aircraft settled back down, the left main inboard castering bolt sheared and the left main gear collapsed. The wind was gustng to 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33281
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11
- Airframe hours
- 1,432
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Leslie A. Anderson
- Registered owner
- Judson Flying Service
- Departed
- ATS · Artesia, NM
- Destination
- Farmington, NM
- Airport
- ATS · Artesia Municipal
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,970 total · 70 in this make and model · 2,780 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 122 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.