- Date
- February 3, 1982, 12:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Hamilton, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3579TTaylorcraft F19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820203011829I
- Case key
- 71789
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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
After landing, the pilot's right heel slipped off of the right heel brake while he was applying brakes. Subsequently, the aircraft veered to the left before he released the left brake. The right main gear collapsed as the aircraft stopped in a small ditch near the edge of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3579T
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft F19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F-045
- Airframe hours
- 1,172
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Amelia Reed
- Registered owner
- Amelia Reed
- Departed
- Reid Hillview
- Destination
- Reid Hillview
- Airport
- Private Ranch, runway 9, 2,300 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,260 total · 23 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Temperature
- 140 °F
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 N3579T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.