19881110066939I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piagio P.136-L1 · Wilmington, NC · November 10, 1988

Date
November 10, 1988 · 18:45 local
Place
Wilmington, NC
Airport
New Hanover County
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N40029
Reported as
Piagio P136L1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total150 in this make and model170 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

Left main gear collapsed during taxi. Plane veered and stopped. Torque tube fitting failed allowing gear to collapse

As the FAA filed it

LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TAXI. PLANE VEERED AND STOPPED.TORQUE TUBE FITTING FAILED ALLOWING GEAR TO COLLAPSE