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.
(-5) On 10/14/98 during a ground taxi operation following a maintenance ferry flight, the left main landing gear folded. Damage to the aircraft was limited to the left propeller, left main landing gear and various skin damage. An investigation was conducted after the aircraft was relocated to a maintenance hanger. Two homemade devices had been installed to lock the main gear into down lock for a ferry flight. The ferry flight was to repair the aircraft after the nose gear had folded on landing at another location. privacy data omitted This resulted in the gear folding, breaking the homemade device and damaging the aircraft. The maintenance facility reported the homemade devices were never to be used again.
As the FAA filed it
(-5) ON 10/14/98 DURING A GROUND TAXI OPERATION FOLLOWING A MAINTENANCE FERRY FLIGHT, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FOLDED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE LEFT PROPELLER, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND VARIOUS SKIN DAMAGE. AN INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELOCATED TO A MAINTENANCE HANGER. TWO HOMEMADE DEVICES HAD BEEN INSTALLED TO LOCK THE MAIN GEAR INTO DOWN LOCK FOR A FERRY FLIGHT. THE FERRY FLIGHT WAS TO REPAIR THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE NOSE GEAR HAD FOLDED ON LANDING AT ANOTHER LOCATION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS RESULTED IN THE GEAR FOLDING, BREAKING THE HOMEMADE DEVICE AND DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT. THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY REPORTED THE HOMEMADE DEVICES WERE NEVER TO BE USED AGAIN.
Other reports on N58WA · 7
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.