# Incident 20011028031639I: Piper PA34200, Albany, NY, October 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2001, 15:46 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N522CW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N522CW-2022-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011028031639I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2001, A/A 1546 EDT A PIPER PA-34, N522CW, S/N 34-7350127, DURING LANDING ROLL OUT AT ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KALB) THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED OFF RUNWAY 01 ONTO A GRASS AREA AND CAME TO A STOP. IT CAME TO REST TURNED APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES TO RUNWAY HEADING. THE PILOT (SOLE OCCUPANT) WAS NOT INJURED. MX: FOUND THAT THE REAR TRUNION RETAINER PIN ATTACH BOLT HAD FALLEN OUT ALLOWING TRUNION RETAINER PIN TO SLIDE AFT, RESULTING IN THE GEAR ASSEMBLY TO COME OUT OF THE WHEEL WELL. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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