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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Honolulu, HI · March 4, 2002

Date: March 4, 2002 · 18:00 local
Place: Honolulu, HI
Airport: Honolulu International Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: F7HS
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N69AJ
Reported as: Piper PA23250
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,333 total1,155 in this make and model178 in the last 90 days

N69AJRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-3112 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) The PIC (student) states the landing gear was lowered, observed 3 green lights indicating down & locked and landing gear handle returning to neutral. The Honolulu tower did advise to change landing runway from 4L to 4R, while downwind. Airplane landed normally on main wheels, at the threshold without any abnormalities. Shortly thereafter, the two main landing gears collapsed, with the airplane skidding to a full stop. Investigation finding: the left main landing actuating cylinder rod end broken. This rod end is attached to the main landing gear actuating cylinder. The rod end part was removed and replaced. Landing gear was extended and retracted without any other malfunctions. Although, the rod end was broken. It may have been brokenduring recovery and removal of the aircraft from the landing runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PIC (STUDENT) STATES THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED, OBSERVED 3 GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING DOWN & LOCKED AND LANDING GEAR HANDLE RETURNING TO NEUTRAL. THE HONOLULU TOWER DID ADVISE TO CHANGE LANDING RUNWAY FROM 4L TO 4R, WHILE DOWNWIND. AIRPLANE LANDED NORMALLY ON MAIN WHEELS, AT THE THRESHOLD WITHOUT ANY ABNORMALITIES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE TWO MAIN LANDING GEARS COLLAPSED, WITH THE AIRPLANE SKIDDING TO A FULL STOP. INVESTIGATION FINDING: THE LEFT MAIN LANDING ACTUATING CYLINDER ROD END BROKEN. THIS ROD END IS ATTACHED TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATING CYLINDER. THE ROD END PART WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND RETRACTED WITHOUT ANY OTHER MALFUNCTIONS. ALTHOUGH, THE ROD END WAS BROKEN. IT MAY HAVE BEEN BROKENDURING RECOVERY AND REMOVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE LANDING RUNWAY.