ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 286381
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| Date: | Thursday 31 December 2009 |
| Time: | 20:45 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32R-300 |
| Owner/operator: | Ram Air Freight Inc. |
| Registration: | N8985C |
| MSN: | 32R-7680147 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12664 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Concord, North Carolina -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Raleigh/Durham Airport, NC (RDU/KRDU) |
| Concord Regional Airport, NC (USA/KJQF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While landing following an uneventful flight, the right main landing gear collapsed. An inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration found that an attachment bolt and retainer assembly had backed out of the aft landing gear trunnion assembly. The landing gear then separated at the aft trunnion. The barrel nut that held the attachment bolt was missing, and was not subsequently located. The inspector also noted no evidence of any pertinent maintenance performed within the previous year. Following the accident, the operator inspected all 30 fleet airplanes with no similar anomalies noted. In addition, all aircraft maintenance technicians were briefed on the accident and alerted to the area where the gear attachment hardware separated.
Probable Cause: A missing right main landing gear aft trunnion mount attachment nut.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA10LA108
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2022 09:57 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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