# NTSB MKC86LA183: Cessna 182F, N3239U, Albany, MO, August 31, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 30, 1986, 19:45 local (Aug 31, 1986, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Albany, MO
- Coordinates: 40.240676, -94.330612 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2407&lon=-94.3306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34242
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA183
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34242/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA183

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear strut - fatigue (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command
  - ground loop/swerve
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3239U), registered now, S/N 18254639, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Registry model: [Cessna 182F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (registry code 2072714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254639
- Airframe hours: 3060
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860830043339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860830043339A), Aug 30, 1986: Cessna 182F, Albany, MO, Substantial damage. On touchdown the left main gear broke off. Aircraft veered into tall grass. Corrosion of spring assembly in gear.

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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