# NTSB LAX82DA116: Howard DGA-15P, N5553N, Livermore, CA, March 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 22, 1982, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Coordinates: 37.679489, -121.750709 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6795&lon=-121.7507&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71451
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA116
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71451/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA116

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5553N), registered now, S/N 978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Howard Aircraft Corp. DGA-15P
- Registry model: [Howard DGA-15P](https://openairdocs.org/model/howard-dga-15p) (registry code 4690506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 978
- Airframe hours: 1078
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820322004749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820322004749A), Mar 22, 1982: Jbmstr DGA15P, Livermore, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control during landing roll.

## Other investigations on N5553N (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX84LA398](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA398), Jul 16, 1984: Howard DGA-15P (N5553N), Tracy, CA, destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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