- Date
- October 8, 1978
- Place
- Tuckernuck Isl, MA · TUCKERNUCK ISL, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1029LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781008035349A
- Case key
- 138596
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3564 78/10/8 TUCKERNUCK ISL,MA LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 406 TIME - 1530 N1029L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 394 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUCKERNUCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRANLAND,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- R MAIN GR FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1029L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tuckernuck
N1029LRegistration cancelled May 30, 2018 · Lake LA-4Airframe modelLake LA-4Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1029L · 2
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