What happened
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Main gear collapsed on landing roll had extended gear manually due failure extend. Gear motor shorted bad downlock.
As the FAA filed it
MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL HAD EXTENDED GEAR MANUALLY DUE FAILURE EXTEND. GEAR MOTOR SHORTED BAD DOWNLOCK.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.
Other reports on N538AJ · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
Incident 20160220001959ITakeoff: Climb Out · Camarillo, CAN538AJ, Berkut departed runway 26 at Camarillo airport, after departure the engine failed. The pilot turned back to runway 8 making a hard landing. The hard landing sheared off the two main landing gears and broke the nose gear actuator.Incident 20020108000229ITakeoff Ground Roll · Palo Alto, CA(-23) Aircraft incident involving N538AJ occurred at the Palo Alto airport (pao) at 1705PST on the 8th of January 2002. N538AJ was on takeoff roll for departure on runway 31 when at midfield, all three of the landing gears retracted. At this time, the…