- Date
- December 9, 1982, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Alliance, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89838Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821209064309A
- Case key
- 69746
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear strut - failure,totalCause
Maintenance,modification - improperCause
Analysis
Right landing gear collapsed during landing. A hole was found drilled through strut. The hole was not shown on parts catalog.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89838
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8887
- Airframe hours
- 3,283
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel M. Bowman
- Registered owner
- Daniel M. Bowman
- Departed
- Alliance, NE
- Destination
- Alliance, NE
- Airport
- Hashagen Ranch, runway 18, 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 142 total · 39 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 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 N89838 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.