Artic S-1B2 N69AG

Summary

On 26 May 2002 at about 20:50 local time, a Artic S-1B2 registered N69AG was involved in an accident near Tumtum, Washington, 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.

Date

26 May 2002 at 20:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Tumtum, Washington, United States

Coordinates

47.8639, -117.7839

Aircraft

Artic S-1B2

Registration

N69AG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tumtum → Tumtum

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA02LA089

Nobody was injured.

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

The pilot departed from a meadow in the Arctic Aircraft S-1B2 "Arctic Tern," and after some local sightseeing returned for landing. He reported that just after touchdown he heard a "pop" and the landing gear collapsed. An FAA Inspector, who interviewed the pilot, reported that the pilot stated that upon touchdown the left main landing gear collapsed, the aircraft began skidding and then the right main landing gear collapsed. The aircraft then nosed over and came to a stop. The pilot reported that the landing site was a flat, dirt field. Metallurgical examination of the left landing gear attach fitting revealed fracture features and deformation typical of an overstress fracture under a combined torsion and bending load. There was no evidence of a pre-existing cracking condition at the fitting's separation surfaces.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.