19980111003289I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-25 · Beasley, TX · January 11, 1998

Date: January 11, 1998 · 09:30 local
Place: Beasley, TX
Airport: Beasley
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6462Z
Reported as: Piper PA25
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 72 total70 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N6462ZRegistered now · Piper PA-25S/N 25-661 · Built 1962 Airframe modelPiper PA-25 Engine modelLycoming O-540-B2B5Reciprocating

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: aircraft began drifting to the right during roll-out. Applied left rudder with-out effect. Applied more left rudder and left aileron with-out effect. At about 15 mph, left wing dropped to the ground, aircraft veered to left. Prop struck mud and stopped. On investigation, it was determined that the "u" bolt which connects the gear linkage had sheared, thus causing the left landing gear to collapse. This investigation is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT DURING ROLL-OUT. APPLIED LEFT RUDDER WITH-OUT EFFECT. APPLIED MORE LEFT RUDDER AND LEFT AILERON WITH-OUT EFFECT. AT ABOUT 15 MPH, LEFT WING DROPPED TO THE GROUND, AIRCRAFT VEERED TO LEFT. PROP STRUCK MUD AND STOPPED. ON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE "U" BOLT WHICH CONNECTS THE GEAR LINKAGE HAD SHEARED, THUS CAUSING THE LEFT LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.