- Date
- July 25, 1982, 13:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- State College, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6253CNorth American T-6G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820725035479A
- Case key
- 72717
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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,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,totalCause
Analysis
While taxiing in from landing the right landing gear collapsed resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft. Investigation revealed the right landing gear actuator rod failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6253C
- Reported as
- North American T-6G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49-2943
- Airframe hours
- 8,276
- Engine
- P&W 1340, 650 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stocker Chevrolet, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Stocker Chevrolet, Inc.
- Departed
- UNV · State College, PA
- Destination
- UNV · State College, PA
- Airport
- UNV · University Park, runway 24, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
N6253CRegistered now · North American T-6GAirframe modelNorth American T-6GEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,420 total · 170 in this make and model · 2,300 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.