- Date
- March 22, 1982, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Livermore, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5553NHoward DGA-15P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820322004749A
- Case key
- 71451
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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.
Analysis
During landing roll the aircraft swerved to the right. The pilot countered with left aileron, rudder, and brake but the right wing came up, the turn tightened, and the left main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5553N
- Reported as
- Howard DGA-15P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 978
- Airframe hours
- 1,078
- Engine
- P & W R-985, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert A. Kendall
- Registered owner
- Robert A. Kendall
- Departed
- Monterey, CA
- Destination
- AZO5 · Phoenix, AZ
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- Livermore Municipal, runway 25, 4,005 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 990 total · 149 in this make and model · 915 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 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.
Other investigations on N5553N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.