ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 372203
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Date: | Wednesday 16 September 1987 |
Time: | 03:32 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-60 |
Owner/operator: | Top Flight Service,inc. |
Registration: | N9784Q |
MSN: | 60416143 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5670 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-540-KIFS |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Category: | Serious incident |
Location: | W.palm Beach, FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Miami, FL (KMIA) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PLT STATED THAT ON LANDING AFTER ROLLING ABOUT 1000 FT. THE SCISSORS ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT DISCONNECTED CAUSING THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO ROTATE & SKID. HE THEN APPLIED HEAVY LEFT BRAKE TO KEEP THE ACFT STRAIGHT ON THE RUNWAY, BUT THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR LINK FAILED CAUSING THE WHEEL TO ROTATE 90 DEGREES, SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSING THE MAIN GEAR.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA87IA246 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MIA87IA246
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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