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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Riverside, CA · October 24, 2001

Date
October 24, 2001 · 12:15 local
Place
Riverside, CA
Airport
Riverside Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N182AT
Reported as
Piper PA23250
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,700 total1,200 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)During rollout after touchdown pilot felt right wing settle onto the runway. Investigation showed a broken right landing gear drag link bolt which allowed both sides of bolt to back out of drag link. This occurance precipitated the separation of the drag link and allowed the collapse of the landing gear assembly as the gear folded aft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)DURING ROLLOUT AFTER TOUCHDOWN PILOT FELT RIGHT WING SETTLE ONTO THE RUNWAY. INVESTIGATION SHOWED A BROKEN RIGHT LANDING GEAR DRAG LINK BOLT WHICH ALLOWED BOTH SIDES OF BOLT TO BACK OUT OF DRAG LINK. THIS OCCURANCE PRECIPITATED THE SEPARATION OF THE DRAG LINK AND ALLOWED THE COLLAPSE OF THE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY AS THE GEAR FOLDED AFT.