Accident Cessna 140 N72115, Saturday 19 May 1984

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Date:	Saturday 19 May 1984
Time:	16:00 LT
Type:	Cessna 140
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N72115
MSN:	9280
Year of manufacture:	1946
Total airframe hrs:	2472 hours
Engine model:	Continental C-85
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Harrisonburg, VA - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Cambridge, MD
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE ACFT'S LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT FAILED DURING A LANDG. A MECHANIC, WHO EXAMINED THE ACFT, STATED THAT THE STRUT HAD A PREVIOUSLY EXISTING CRACK PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.THE STRUT FAILED AT A HOLE WHERE THE STEP WAS ATTACHED.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation: