- Date
- January 29, 1983, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dansville, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7523DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830129018759A
- Case key
- 35141
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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,partialCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not possible
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
Analysis
During landing the flange on the right main landing gear strut broke off allowing the shock cord to collapse.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7523D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5251
- Airframe hours
- 1,680
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- D. B. Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DSV · Dansville, runway 14, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
N7523DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 334 total · 5 in this make and model · 186 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F
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 N7523D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.