Cessna 182F N3513U
21 February 1987 · Pontiac, Michigan, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 21 February 1987 at about 18:30 local time, a Cessna 182F registered N3513U was involved in an accident near Pontiac, Michigan, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pontiac, Michigan, United States
- Nearest airport
- Oakland-Pontiac (PTK)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182F
- Registration
- N3513U
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI87LA089
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
WHILE THE ACFT WAS BEING TAXIED TO A HANGAR AFTER LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SPRING STRUT, PN 0741601-1, HAD FAILED WHERE IT WAS CLAMPED TO THE FUSELAGE. A METALLURGICAL EXAM OF THE FRACTURE AREA REVEALED THERE WAS FATIGUE WHERE FRETTING OF THE STRUT HAD OCCURRED AT THE CLAMP. THE ACFT HAD 3300 HRS OF TOTAL FLT TIME & WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE HAD OVER 3000 LANDINGS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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All 6,261 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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