ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239104
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| Date: | Sunday 2 February 2020 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28RT-201T Arrow IV |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8320H |
| MSN: | 28R-8131057 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8363 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-360-FB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Myers, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Venice Municipal Airport, FL (VNC/KVNC) |
| Fort Myers-Page Field, FL (FMY/KFMY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, at the conclusion of an uneventful flight, he approached the runway for landing. During touchdown, the airplane veered right, the left main landing gear (MLG) collapsed, the left wing contacted the runway, and the airplane then came to rest. The left wing and fuselage sustained substantial damage. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the right MLG wheel assembly was free to rotate about the strut and that the torque link bolt securing the MLG torque link had fractured and was corroded. The landing gear and separated bolt were not examined further.
Probable Cause: The fracture of the right main landing gear torque link bolt on landing, which resulted in the landing gear assembly rotating freely, the subsequent loss of directional control, and the landing gear collapsing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 November 2010 | N8320H | Stick Larry G | 0 | Spring, Texas | |
sub |
| Gear collapse | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2020 08:00 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 05-Aug-2020 08:33 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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