ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356865
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| Date: | Monday 12 August 1996 |
| Time: | 20:45 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22-150 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7507D |
| MSN: | 22-5234 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Challis, ID -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Magic Valley, ID |
| (U15) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he was landing to the south with the wind from the west. The aircraft drifted to the right and went off the runway. Subsequently, the left wing was damaged, and damage was found at the left landing gear cluster on the fuselage. The pilot stated that he believed that the landing gear may have sustained damage during his last departure. The departure airstrip was rough with broken bunch grass. The pilot said everything appeared fine until the aircraft touched down at the destination, where it was uncontrollable and ground-looped to the right. Examination revealed that three of the support tubes on the left main landing gear cluster were corroded and had preexisting bending and failures, which were attributed to a landing gear failure. Reportedly, the area was accessible for inspection.
Probable Cause: corrosion in the left main landing gear cluster, which resulted in a failure of the left main landing gear. Inadequate inspection by undetermined maintenance personnel was a related factor.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA96LA197
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 October 1997 | N7507D | Private | 0 | Challis, ID | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 11:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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