19970514014589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 402B · Corpus Christi, TX · May 14, 1997

Date: May 14, 1997 · 16:50 local
Place: Corpus Christi, TX
Airport: Corpus Christi International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3235H
Reported as: Cessna 402B
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 18,660 total1,500 in this make and model80 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.

Narrative: pilot reported unsafe gear indication to tower.. He then followed emergency gear procedure and made a fly-by. Tower said gear appeared down. On landing roll out left main gear collapsed, causing damage to the left hand prop, wing tip trailing edge, gear door, aileron and flap trailing edges. There is also a dent in the leading edge, and under side of wing caused by a runway light. On site examination revealed that the left hand gear extension retraction tube assembly p/n 0840125-XX had failed. It failed on the end that attaches to the gear down lock assembly. It is unknown at this time if the failure is due to an improper rigging, mechanical failure or fatigue fracture.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION TO TOWER.. HE THEN FOLLOWED EMERGENCY GEAR PROCEDURE AND MADE A FLY-BY. TOWER SAID GEAR APPEARED DOWN. ON LANDING ROLL OUT LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT HAND PROP, WING TIP TRAILING EDGE, GEAR DOOR, AILERON AND FLAP TRAILING EDGES. THERE IS ALSO A DENT IN THE LEADING EDGE, AND UNDER SIDE OF WING CAUSED BY A RUNWAY LIGHT. ON SITE EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT HAND GEAR EXTENSION RETRACTION TUBE ASSEMBLY P/N 0840125-XX HAD FAILED. IT FAILED ON THE END THAT ATTACHES TO THE GEAR DOWN LOCK ASSEMBLY. IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME IF THE FAILURE IS DUE TO AN IMPROPER RIGGING, MECHANICAL FAILURE OR FATIGUE FRACTURE.