19961228044099I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr MEYERS145 · Fort Pierce, FL · December 28, 1996

Date
December 28, 1996 · 16:13 local
Place
Fort Pierce, FL
Airport
St Lucie County International
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N145RH
Reported as
Amtr MEYERS145
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,400 total400 in this make and model85 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.

Narrative: the airplane, an experimental amateur-built meyers 145 replica, experienced a collapse of the left main landing gear during landing roll-out. The PIC subsequently reported that investigation into the cause of the collapse had revealed a weak "lockover spring" on the left gear. No part number for the spring was available..

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE AIRPLANE, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT MEYERS 145 REPLICA, EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT. THE PIC SUBSEQUENTLY REPORTED THAT INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE HAD REVEALED A WEAK "LOCKOVER SPRING" ON THE LEFT GEAR. NO PART NUMBER FOR THE SPRING WAS AVAILABLE..