ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292518
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| Date: | Thursday 30 March 2006 |
| Time: | 09:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-250 |
| Owner/operator: | Edward Esteb |
| Registration: | N6744P |
| MSN: | 24-1872 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5088 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mammoth Lake, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | San Diego-Gillespie Field, CA (SEE/KSEE) |
| Mammoth Lakes Airport, CA (MMH/KMMH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial certificated pilot was conducting a cross-country flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91. The pilot said when he arrived at his destination airport, he did not get a green down and locked light for the landing gear, and elected to go-around. He said he cycled the landing gear up and down twice, saw the green down and locked light both times, and proceeded to land. He reported that upon touchdown, the right main landing gear collapsed, and the airplane exited the right side of the runway and struck a snowbank. The pilot stated that there were no known preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. Postaccident inspection of the airplane by an independent aviation mechanic hired to repair the airplane, disclosed that the main landing gear maintenance did not appear to be in compliance with an applicable FAA airworthiness directive (AD), AD 77-13-21, Amendment 39-3093, effective December 16, 1977. That AD defines the actions/inspections necessary to maintain the landing gear in an airworthy condition, and to preclude a malfunction or collapse. A review of the airplane's maintenance logbooks indicated only partial compliance with the AD. The aviation mechanic repairing the airplane said that numerous landing gear components were worn well beyond the limits set forth in the AD and associated service letter.
Probable Cause: The collapse of the right main landing gear during landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control and an on-ground encounter with a snowbank. A factor associated with the accident was other maintenance personnel's inadequate inspection of the landing gear system.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC06LA041
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 May 2007 | N6744P | 0 | Mammoth Lakes, California | |
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| 08-Oct-2022 19:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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