# Incident 19970206005609I: Namer SNJ5, Jerome, ID, February 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1997, 11:00 local time
- Place: Jerome, ID
- Airport: Jerome County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7267° N, 114.4566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JEROME COUNTY (JER), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7267&lon=-114.4566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6900C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6900C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American SNJ-5 (registry code 6400418, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-snj-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER SNJ5
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970206005609I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 6, 1997 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 MDT, A NORTH AMERICAN SNJ-5 AIRCRAFT, N6900C EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL LANDING GEAR FAILURE. DURING FINAL TAXI PHASE FOLLOWING A LOCAL FAR 91 FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR (MLG) COLLAPSED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER HEARD A SQUEALING SOUND JUST AS THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING AND WING TIP, THE CENTER AND OUTBOARD AILERON HINGE BRACKETS AND CURLING OF THE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT (MLG) DOWN LOCK PIN REVEALED IT TO BE IN THE UNLOCKED POSITION. APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES LATER, WITH THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING STILL ON THE GROUND, THE LEFT GEAR DOWN LOCK PIN WAS OBSERVED TO SLOWLY EXTEND TO ITS LOCKED POSITION. FURTHER INSPECTION AND DISASSEMBLY OF THE LOCKING PIN MECHANISM REVEALED NO ABNORMALITIES. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WILL CONTINUE TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. THE PILOT STATED, THE TEMPERATURE ON THE GROUND TO BE -0 DEGREES CELSIUS, DEW POINT -07 DEGREES CELSIUS, WINDS 300 @ 03, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE 30.25, AND DENSITY ALTITUDE 2800 FEET. A MAINTENANCE DEFECT REPORT, FAA FORM 8010-4, WILL FOLLOW.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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