Curtiss-Wright C-46F N1837M

Summary

On 3 July 2013 at about 00:00 local time, a Curtiss-Wright C-46F registered N1837M, operated by Everts Air Fuel Inc, was involved in an accident near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 July 2013 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Fairbanks International Airpor (PAFA)

Coordinates

64.8089, -147.8539

Aircraft

Curtiss-Wright C-46F

Registration

N1837M

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Everts Air Fuel Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Flight Test

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fairbanks → Fairbanks

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC13LA063

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the right main landing gear side brace due to fatigue, which resulted in a collapse of the right main landing gear.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the maintenance test flight, the flight crew moved the landing gear handle to the "down" position but did not observe the three green landing gear down-and-locked lights illuminate. After cycling the landing gear "several" times they observed a gear down-and-locked indication in the cockpit. After landing, while taxiing to parking, the right main landing gear collapsed, and the right wing and aileron struck the ground and sustained substantial damage. The right landing gear side brace fractured near the fuselage attach forging due to fatigue, which initiated near the weld between the large end fuselage attach forging and the outer tube. No obvious discontinuities such as porosity or undercutting were visually noted in the weld adjacent to the fracture.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.