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| Date: | Friday 29 November 2024 |
| Time: | 13:05 |
| Type: |  Cessna 180 Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9140R |
| MSN: | 30207 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Egegik, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | King Salmon, AK (private) |
| Egegik, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On November 29, 2024, at 1305 Alaska standard time, a Cessna 180 airplane, N9140R, sustained substantial damaged when it was involved in an accident near Egegik, Alaska. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The pilot reported that during the landing rollout on a remote gravel-covered beach, the right main landing gear leg broke just above the wheel axle. The remaining gear leg dug into the frozen gravel and folded under the fuselage. The airplane veered right and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and the right wing.
A postaccident examination by the pilot revealed that the right main landing gear leg fractured a few inches above the axle. The fractured landing gear leg was ground into the gravel-covered surface before the main landing gear leg folded aft, which obliterated the fracture surface. The separated right wheel assembly traveled into the lake and was not recovered. The main landing gear legs were last magnafluxed inspected for cracks about 15 years before the accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N9140R
https://i.etsystatic.com/10967172/r/il/724291/754367778/il_fullxfull.754367778_icp4.jpg (photo)
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Dec-2024 19:07 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 31-Dec-2024 19:35 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
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