# NTSB Accident ERA20LA055
> **Piper PA18** · 2019-12-15 · New Market, VA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA20LA055
- **Event ID:** 20191216X53550
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2019-12-15
- **Location:** New Market, VA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.656112, -78.70861
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA18
- **Registration:** N1984A
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's improper touchdown, which resulted in a hard landing and an overload failure of the right main landing gear leg and its associated shock/dampener.

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