- Date
- July 12, 1982, 17:45 local (Jul 13, 1982, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2949MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820712030279A
- Case key
- 70684
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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.
Hard landing
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The acft landed hard on the right main landing gear causing it to collapse. The x-wind component was 60 deg from the right varying 12-19K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2949M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-1445
- Airframe hours
- 1,727
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William W. Dunlop Jr.
- Registered owner
- William W. Dunlop Jr.
- Departed
- FLG · Flagstaff, AZ
- Destination
- FLG · Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport
- FLG · Pulliam, runway 21, 7,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 67 total · 9 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.