19990919035339I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-220T · Poughkeepsie, NY · September 19, 1999

Date: September 19, 1999 · 14:09 local
Place: Poughkeepsie, NY
Airport: Dutchess County
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N113DF
Reported as: Piper PA34220T
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,600 total200 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

N113DFRegistered now · Piper PA-34-220TS/N 3449062 · Built 1998 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-220T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Mr. Foster stated he made a normal landing and had rolled approx. 600 feet when the nosegear collapsed followed shortly by the right main gear. This is consistent with observations of tower personal at Poughkeepsie. Mr. Foster didn't recall what happened between touchdown and the gear collapsing, however his procedure is to retract the flaps immediately after touchdown. He said it was possible that he retracted the gear instead of the flaps. Teterboro maintenance personnel tested the landing gear retraction system 5 times in the normal operations and twice in emergency free fall. In each case the gear came down and locked psitively. The gear electrica system switches operated normally indicating the system was operating properly on landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. FOSTER STATED HE MADE A NORMAL LANDING AND HAD ROLLED APPROX. 600 FEET WHEN THE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH OBSERVATIONS OF TOWER PERSONAL AT POUGHKEEPSIE. MR. FOSTER DIDN'T RECALL WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN TOUCHDOWN AND THE GEAR COLLAPSING, HOWEVER HIS PROCEDURE IS TO RETRACT THE FLAPS IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. HE SAID IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT HE RETRACTED THE GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS. TETERBORO MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL TESTED THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM 5 TIMES IN THE NORMAL OPERATIONS AND TWICE IN EMERGENCY FREE FALL. IN EACH CASE THE GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED PSITIVELY. THE GEAR ELECTRICA SYSTEM SWITCHES OPERATED NORMALLY INDICATING THE SYSTEM WAS OPERATING PROPERLY ON LANDING.