- Date
- May 24, 1987, 13:18 local (17:18 UTC)
- Place
- Farmingdale, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65370North American SNJ-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870524015739A
- Case key
- 30655
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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.
Analysis
The plt was performing touch-&-go landings. On the 3rd landing, the main gear collapsed & the acft received substantial damage. No pre-acdnt part failure or malfunction was reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65370
- Reported as
- North American SNJ-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2562
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Snj Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- FRG · Republic
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,800 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N65370 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.