- Date
- August 30, 1986, 19:45 local (Aug 31, 1986, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Albany, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3239UCessna 182F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860830043339A
- Case key
- 34242
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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
The plt-in-command (PIC) rprtd that a normal apch & flare were made, but as the acft touched down, the left main gear collapsed. The acft then swerved off the rwy & came to rest on upsloping dirt terrain. Investigation revealed the left main landing gear spring strut, pn 0741601-1, had failed where it was clamped to the fuselage. A metallurgical exam showed that fatigue cracking had occurred in the lower forward area of the spring strut where fretting had occurredat the clamp. The acft had a total flt time of 3060 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3239U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254639
- Airframe hours
- 3,060
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Benjamin L. Rogers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 11, 1986 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- 3LA · Lawrence, KS
- Destination
- K19
- Airport
- K19 · Albany Municipal, runway 19, 2,800 × 50 ft, concrete
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 220 total · 37 in this make and model · 164 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 190° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STJ, 39 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.