What happened
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Visual inspection via low approach at tooele, pilot reported he had experienced a couple of hard landings at tooele. Visual check confirmed gear damage. (.19) on August 17, 1999, at 1644 mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-28-181, N8262S, was substantially damaged following a collapse of the right main landing gear during landing roll at Salt Lake City International Airport, Salt Lake City, Utah. The airline transport rated flight instructor and his student were not injured. The instructional flight was being conducted under title 14 CFR part 91, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from bolinder field-tooele valley airport, tooele, Utah, 15 minutes before the accident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. According to an FAA inspector, the instructor was performing touch and go landings with his student at tooele. The pilot stated that he has made several hard landings at the airport. The pilot over flew the airport so that a visual inspection of the landing gear could be performed. An airport employee confirmed that the right main landing gear appeared bent. The pilot elected to return to albuquerque. Upon landing, the right main landing gear collap sed and separated from the aircraft. In addition, the airplane sustained damage to the right wing and wing spar. (-23)upon landing right main landing gear sheared off airframe, due to two hard landings, which were admitted by the pilot. This in turn caused wing spar damage to the right wing, where right main landing gear attached. The left wing shows signs of internal damage, by wrinkling of the wing skin panels on top. Metal fatique was not a factor inthe sheared off landing gear, the excessive hard landings for this type of airframe was the factor. This was a training flight by an instructor pilot and student.
As the FAA filed it
VISUAL INSPECTION VIA LOW APPROACH AT TOOELE, PILOT REPORTED HE HAD EXPERIENCED A COUPLE OF HARD LANDINGS AT TOOELE. VISUAL CHECK CONFIRMED GEAR DAMAGE. (.19) ON AUGUST 17, 1999, AT 1644 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-28-181, N8262S, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING A COLLAPSE OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING ROLL AT SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HIS STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BOLINDER FIELD-TOOELE VALLEY AIRPORT, TOOELE, UTAH, 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. ACCORDING TO AN FAA INSPECTOR, THE INSTRUCTOR WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WITH HIS STUDENT AT TOOELE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAS MADE SEVERAL HARD LANDINGS AT THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT OVER FLEW THE AIRPORT SO THAT A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR COULD BE PERFORMED. AN AIRPORT EMPLOYEE CONFIRMED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR APPEARED BENT. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO ALBUQUERQUE. UPON LANDING, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAP SED AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. IN ADDITION, THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND WING SPAR. (-23)UPON LANDING RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF AIRFRAME, DUE TO TWO HARD LANDINGS, WHICH WERE ADMITTED BY THE PILOT. THIS IN TURN CAUSED WING SPAR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, WHERE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACHED. THE LEFT WING SHOWS SIGNS OF INTERNAL DAMAGE, BY WRINKLING OF THE WING SKIN PANELS ON TOP. METAL FATIQUE WAS NOT A FACTOR INTHE SHEARED OFF LANDING GEAR, THE EXCESSIVE HARD LANDINGS FOR THIS TYPE OF AIRFRAME WAS THE FACTOR. THIS WAS A TRAINING FLIGHT BY AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT.
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