- Date
- June 23, 1984, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77BGGriffin Trane Starduster TOO
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840623074699A
- Case key
- 21379
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Analysis
Acft touched down hard after 4 unsuccessful landing attempts at stroud, OK. Plt added full pwr and returned to Oklahoma City suspecting gear damage. Visual check by another acft revealed no apparent gear damage. Upon touchdown at expressway airpark, the main gear collapsed. Acft slid over rwy lights and into grass. Plt reported 14 1/2 hrs flt experience in this make & model tailwheel acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77BG
- Reported as
- Griffin Trane Starduster TOO (STARDUSTER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 77
- Airframe hours
- 508
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lon G. Hukill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1983 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- 2DT · Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport
- 2EJ · Expressway, runway 20, 3,000 × 70 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 228 total · 15 in this make and model · 154 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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