Probable cause
A failure of the left main landing gear due to fatigue cracking, which resulted the airplane’s left wing contacting the ground.
NTSB analysis
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.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ERA24LA383 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Sep 15, 2024
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Carrollton, Ohio
- Nearest airport
- Carroll County-Tolson Airport (TSO)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Aviat Inc A-1
- N-number
- N801JH
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1995
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.