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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Palo Alto, CA · April 2, 1980

Date: April 2, 1980 · 15:55 local
Place: Palo Alto, CA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5417P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,500 total1,800 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N5417PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-471 · Built 1958 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Loud bang after landing. Then gear collapsed. Gear motor attachment lug had separated from fuselage.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD BANG AFTER LANDING. THEN GEAR COLLAPSED. GEAR MOTOR ATTACHMENT LUG HAD SEPARATED FROM FUSELAGE.