Cessna 170 N4276V

Summary

On 1 August 1983 at about 01:37 local time, a Cessna 170 registered N4276V was involved in an accident near Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 August 1983 at 01:37

Classification

Accident

Location

Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Simmons Aaf (FBG)

Coordinates

35.1303, -78.9997

Aircraft

Cessna 170

Registration

N4276V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anderson → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

ATL83LA303

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 ACFT'S RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING. THE PLT HAD JUST PURCHASED THIS ACFT AND WAS ON HIS FIRST X-COUNTRY. DURING HIS FIRST APPROACH AT FT. BRAGG HE HAD MADE A GO-AROUND BECAUSE OF GUSTY WINDS AND TURBULENCE. DURING THE 2ND ATTEMPT THE WIND SEEMED LESS TURBULENT AND A LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT WING LIFTEDAND THE ACFT TURNED INTO THE WIND; DURING THE TURN THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUT COLLAPSED. THE BROKEN STRUT WAS EXAMINEDAND THE BREAK WAS TYPICAL OF A FAILURE DUE TO SHOCK OVERLOAD. NO FATIGUE OR CORROSION WAS FOUND. THE PLT ALSO HAD FLOWN ALMOST 18 HOURS IN THE PRECEDING 24 HOURS AND HAD 2 HOURS EXPERIENCE IN CONVENTIONAL GEAR ACFT PRIOR TO THIS. THE MAJORITY OF HIS FLT EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN IN HELICOPTERS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.