Accident Cessna 170 N4276V, Sunday 31 July 1983

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Date:	Sunday 31 July 1983
Time:	21:37 LT
Type:	Cessna 170
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N4276V
MSN:	18634
Total airframe hrs:	3340 hours
Engine model:	Continental C-145-2
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Ft. Bragg, NC - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Anderson, SC (KAND)
Destination airport:	(KFBG)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

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.

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