# Incident 19990802023719I: Piper PA44180, Long Beach, CA, August 2, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1999, 11:30 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2126X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2126X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990802023719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 2, 1999 AT 1130 PST, PIPER PA-44-180, N2126X LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLLOUT. FLIGHT WAS FOR INSTRUCTION, AND BOTH PILOTS REPORTED THAT THE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK IN THE UP POSITION ON PREVIOUS TAKEOFF.  CYCLING THE GEAR ENABLED PILOTS TO GET GEAR IN DOWN POSITION, WITH THREE GREEN GEAR INDICATORS.  A FLY BY WAS CONDUCTED AT CHINO AIRPORT, WITH ATC CONFIRMING ALL GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITIONS.  UPON TOUCHDOWN AT LGB, PILOTS REPORT THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY SANK TO THE LEFT UNTIL FINALLY THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED.  TIRE TREAD MARKS FROM THE LEFT GEAR WERE APPARENT FOR OVER 220 FEET.  AIRCRAFT SLID APPROX. 160 FEET AFTER TOTAL GEAR COLLAPSE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP, STRIKING ONE BLUE RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE LEFT WING.  NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR REMAINED EXTENDED.  EXAMINATION OF THE GEAR REVEALED THE TRUNION SEVERED 5 INCHES ABOVE THE BASE, WITH ASSOCIATED INTERNAL COMPONENT DAMAGE.  GEAR ASSOCIATED LINKAGES WERE DAMAGED DURING GEAR COLLAPSE.  M OR D RECEIVED INDICATING TRUNION FAILURE, FORWARD TO AFS-620.

## Other reports on N2126X (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20180820018889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180820018889I), Aug 20, 2018: Piper PA-44-180 (N2126X), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. During landing rollout, nose landing gear collapsed. Post incident inspection revealed failed hardware(nas bolt) in nose gear drag link. The assembly involved…
- [Incident 20150105001349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150105001349I), Jan 5, 2015: Piper PA-44-180 (N2126X), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. The landing gear collapsed on roll out
- [Incident 19960315008152I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960315008152I), Mar 15, 1996: Piper PA44180 (N2126X), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: Mr. Timmons and Mr. Rutledge, in the Piper seminole, N2126X, were stopped on taxiway kilo waiting to cross runway 19L to get to 19R. They were…

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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