19870305004549A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Kimball, NE · March 5, 1987

Date
March 5, 1987 · 19:25 local
Place
Kimball, NE
Airport
Kimball Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5553P
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC87LA056
Reported as
Piper PA24250
Reported engine
Lycoming O540A1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total1 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Sideload on gear during landing rollout caused downlock mechanism to fail. Right main gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

SIDELOAD ON GEAR DURING LANDING ROLLOUT CAUSED DOWNLOCK MECHANISM TO FAIL. RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.