ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 291743
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| Date: | Friday 6 October 2006 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Aviat A-1A |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N40AW |
| MSN: | 1452 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Woodlake, California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Visalia Airport, CA (VIS/KVIS) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the landing rollout, the left main landing gear wheel dropped into a hole and the landing gear collapsed, which caused structural damage to the left wing and fuselage of the airplane. The pilot said he was flying in a mountain area looking for spots to conduct a ground training exercise for a group with which he is associated. The pilot decided to land. The landing area chosen by the pilot was a meadow on top of a mountain, with 2-foot-tall grass that masked the roughness of the terrain and holes that were in the ground. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Probable Cause: the collapse of the landing gear during the landing roll out due to an encounter with rough uneven terrain. Also causal was the pilot's in-flight decision to land on the unsuitable mountainous uneven terrain with hidden obstructions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX07CA013
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Oct-2022 18:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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