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ERA24LA383

2024-09-15 · Carrollton, Ohio, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport TSO

Current FAA registration · N801JH

Make / Model
AVIAT INC A-1
Year of manufacture
1995 · 29 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-360-A1D (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19951020
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAE664

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

A failure of the left main landing gear due to fatigue cracking, which resulted the airplane’s left wing contacting the ground.

Factual narrative

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that after landing, inbound traffic was behind him, and he felt rushed to clear the runway and park the airplane. While taxiing to the ramp, the left main wheel rolled off the taxiway surface and into the grass. The left main landing gear’s axle separated from the landing gear leg, the airplane tipped over to the left, and the left wing struck the ground and was substantially damaged. Examination of photographs of the landing gear leg and axle fracture surfaces showed that they displayed indications of fatigue cracking that likely initiated at the toe of the weld that attached the axle to the leg. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Aircraft-Aircraft systems-Landing gear system-Main landing gear-Fatigue/wear/corrosion

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2024_ERA24LA383.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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