DATE OF INCIDENT:  8/27/2025

DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT:

Aircraft had a hard landing and the left gear collapsed.

DATE OF LAST INSPECTION:

AIRCRAFT:    1935 Fairchild 24 C8C    N15345   S/N: 2688     TT:  1,750

ENGINE:  Warner   MODEL:  Super Scarab SS 50  S/N:  SS122E  TT:  1,742   TSMOH:  20

PROPELLER:  Sensenich   MODEL:  W86CA -63   S/N: UNK  TT:  289  TSMOH:  0

AVIONICS / EQUIPMENT:  See Photos

Artex ELT 345

Compass

Trig TN70 ADS-B Out

Turn Coordinator

DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE:  See Photos

Prop strike

LH gear and gear fairings

LH wing

LH and RH main wheel

LH wheel pant

LH shock strut

LH Aft airframe Lift Strut

Upper LH motor mount tube

Fuselage

Firewall

REMARKS:

Logbooks - We digitize ALL logbooks available, if it's not digitized then it's not available unless otherwise noted.

Times are per logbook entries

Wings are attached

Aircraft being stored in hangar

No log entries from 8/30/73  - 10/31/1990

LOCATION OF SALVAGE:   Pisgah Forest, NC

SALVAGE MAY BE INSPECTED BY SENDING AN EMAIL: Salvage@UnderwritersSalvageCompany.com