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DEN84FTK01

1983-10-29 · RAPID CITY, South Dakota, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport RAP

N6769 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (THILLMONY BRAD D BEARHAWK LSA, built 2017), which was not involved in this event.

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Factual narrative

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY DURING LANDING AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. WHEN THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO BRING THE ACFT BACK ONTO THE RWY THE GEAR HIT THE EDGE OF THE RWY. THERE WAS A 7 TO 10 KT CROSSWIND ON RWY 14 AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE ACFT HAD JUST BEEN PURCHASED AND THE PLT FLYING HAD 140 HOURS TOTAL FLYING TIME WITH ONLY 3 HOURS IN ACFT WITH CONVENTIONAL LANDING GEAR. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_DEN84FTK01.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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