19991124041199I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24 · Pontiac, MI · November 24, 1999

Date
November 24, 1999 · 14:00 local
Place
Pontiac, MI
Airport
Oakland-Pontiac
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5091P
Reported as
Piper PA24
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total500 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) On takeoff roll gear collapsed. Pilot immed. Evacuated aircraft and maintenance personnel removed a/c from runway. Mechanic confirmed gear handle in down position. Maintenance also confirmed failure in gear transmission due to wear-sent letter to FSDO.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON TAKEOFF ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT IMMED. EVACUATED AIRCRAFT AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REMOVED A/C FROM RUNWAY. MECHANIC CONFIRMED GEAR HANDLE IN DOWN POSITION. MAINTENANCE ALSO CONFIRMED FAILURE IN GEAR TRANSMISSION DUE TO WEAR-SENT LETTER TO FSDO.