- Date
- April 22, 1981
- Place
- Fresno, CA · FRESNO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4346ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810422018359A
- Case key
- 126162
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0626 81/4/22 FRESNO,CA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 12000 TIME - 1130 N4346Z PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 2100 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRESNO CHANDLER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS BANOS,CA FRESNO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- STRUT ASSY ROD,PN 12844-04,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4346Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fresno Chandler
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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.