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Event DEN84LA190

1984-06-21 GALLUP, New Mexico, United States Airport · GUP None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N153M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-8

Year of manufacture

2011

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360 SERIES (200 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20110707

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0D667

Registrant of record

BAKER THOMAS J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RWY. AN EXAM REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT WHEEL ASS'Y HAD SEPARATED FROM THE GEAR LEG. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE 2 LOWER BOLTS HAD BEEN STRIPPED PRIOR TO THE WHEEL FAILURE, EITHER BY BEING OVERTORQUED OR BY A SERIES OF HARD LANDINGS. THE PRIOR OWNER HAD USED THE ACFT IN A SPORT PARACHUTE OPERATION. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_DEN84LA190.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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