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FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Las Vegas, NV · November 15, 2000

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Date
November 15, 2000 · 09:33 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mc Carran International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8833Y
Reported as
Piper PA30
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total57 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
N8833YRegistered now · Piper PA-30S/N 30-1991 · Built 1969Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Incident occurred approx. 1733Z (0933 PST) landing gear collapsed on touchdown. Pilot indicated that just prior to landing, the landing gear control was cycled before the landing gear indication lights would respond to the landing gear control being placed in the "down" position. An inspection of the a/c landing gear system revealed that the landing gear transmission retraction motor assembly was detached from its mounting support because of a broken bracket. Indications, such as the support bracket cracks discoloration and distortion, are that this defect was present prior to this occurrence.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) INCIDENT OCCURRED APPROX. 1733Z (0933 PST) LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN. PILOT INDICATED THAT JUST PRIOR TO LANDING, THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL WAS CYCLED BEFORE THE LANDING GEAR INDICATION LIGHTS WOULD RESPOND TO THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL BEING PLACED IN THE "DOWN" POSITION. AN INSPECTION OF THE A/C LANDING GEAR SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR TRANSMISSION RETRACTION MOTOR ASSEMBLY WAS DETACHED FROM ITS MOUNTING SUPPORT BECAUSE OF A BROKEN BRACKET. INDICATIONS, SUCH AS THE SUPPORT BRACKET CRACKS DISCOLORATION AND DISTORTION, ARE THAT THIS DEFECT WAS PRESENT PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE.