- Date
- May 5, 1979
- Place
- Newman, CA · NEWMAN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N731AQCessna A188B
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790505010669A
- Case key
- 136076
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0835 79/5/5 NEWMAN,CA CESSNA A188B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 8500 TIME - 1500 N731AQ PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VALLEY HOME DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWMAN,CA 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 - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- RGT MAIN STRUT FAILED APRX 8 IN ABOVE WHEEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731AQ
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Valley Home
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.