- Date
- July 20, 1985, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rhinebeck, NY
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N176HNew Standard D-25
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850720058599A
- Case key
- 35927
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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 attachment - failure,totalCause
Nose over
Landing gear,main gear strut - failure,partialCause
Analysis
The acft was moving at about 30 mph when the gear collapsed. According to the plt, the landing gear leg fitting failed causing the gear to collapse.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N176H
- Reported as
- New Standard D-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 138
- Airframe hours
- 1,750
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cole Palen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 7, 1985 · 79 hours before
- Airport
- Old Rhinebeck, runway 36, 2,200 × 80 ft, grass/turf
N176HRegistered now · White NEW STANDARD D-25Airframe modelWhite NEW STANDARD D-25Engine modelContinental W670 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 450 in this make and model · 7,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N176H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.