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ATL83LA373

1983-09-19 · MONROE, North Carolina, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport EQY

N401HW has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (PIPER PA-28-181), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE ACFT AS IT WAS BEING TAXIED INTO THE RAMP. AFTER TURNING LEFT INTO THE HUB AREA THE LANDING GEAR HORN SOUNDED AND THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED, ACCORDING TO THE PLT. A FLT INSTRUCTOR WHO WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT SAID THE ACFT'3 TAXI SPEED SEEMED EXCESSIVE. HE SAID HE SAW THE GEAR BENDING EXCESSIVELY BEFORE THE COLLAPSE. DURING INSPECTION BY A FAA INSPECTOR THE GEAR REPORTEDLY SHOWED EVIDENCE OF HAVING BEEN SUBJECTED TO HEAVY SIDELOADING AS IT MIGHT IN A LEFT TURN. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_ATL83LA373.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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