- Date
- August 13, 2000, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Thompson Lake, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N573CStinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000813011609A
- Case key
- 50015
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Probable cause
An improper flare which lead to a hard landing and subsequent main gear collapse as a result of the overload.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that when he initially landed the airplane, it touched down hard. The pilot then taxied the airplane without further incident. The pilot stated that when he went to takeoff, during the takeoff ground roll, the right main landing gear collapsed. The right wing and right side elevator contacted the surface and were substantially damaged. Further inspection of the landing gear revealed that the failure occurred at a weld point. The pilot indicated a total time of 1,569 hours on the part.
Factual narrative
On August 13, 2000, about 1200 mountain daylight time, a Stinson 108-3, N573C, registered to and operated by the pilot as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, collapsed the right main landing gear during the takeoff ground roll at Campbell airstrip, Thompson Lake, Montana. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private pilot and his passenger were not injured.
The pilot reported that when he initially landed the airplane at the airstrip, it touched down hard. The pilot then taxied the airplane off the airstrip without further incident. The pilot stated that when he went to takeoff, during the takeoff ground roll, the right main landing gear collapsed. The right wing and right side elevator contacted the surface.
Further inspection of the gear leg indicated that the failure occurred at a weld point. The pilot indicated on the NTSB Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report Form 6120.1/2, that the part had accumulated approximately 1,569 hours.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N573C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-3573
- Engine
- Lycoming O-435-1, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold G. Haselhuhn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 8, 1999
- Destination
- Unknown
- Airport
- Campbell, runway 10, 1,900 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 80 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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 N573C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.