- Date
- June 14, 1982, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lakewood, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9044WWeatherly 201C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820614022599A
- Case key
- 71341
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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
Landing gear,main gear - failure,totalCause
Analysis
The right main gear of the aircraft failed during the takeoff roll. The pilot stated that the gear failed after he had rolled about 150 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9044W
- Reported as
- Weatherly 201C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1021
- Airframe hours
- 1,815
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Tomlin Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Tomlin Flying Service
- Departed
- Lakewood, AR
- Destination
- Lakewood, AR
- Airport
- Faver Airstrip, runway 9, 2,600 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 13,005 total · 3,900 in this make and model · 11,030 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.