# Incident 20020526011979I: Piper PA24250, Waupaca, WI, May 26, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2002, 14:00 local time
- Place: Waupaca, WI
- Airport: Waupaca Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3333° N, 89.0198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAUPACA MUNI (PCZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3333&lon=-89.0198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N250LJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N250LJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020526011979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED TOOK OFF RUNWAY 30, WINDS 240 @15 GUSTING TO 24. NORMAL TAKE OFF. HEARD LOUD THUD DURING GEAR RETRACTION. EXTENDED GEAR - NO GREEN LIGHT ON RIGHT MAIN. LANDED RUNWAY 24, RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED. WITNESS STATED AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 30. AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, THEN CONTACTED THE RUNWAY IN A LEFT CRAB. SIDE LOAD ON RIGHT GEAR CAUSED GEAR TO COLLAPSE. AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN WITH RIGHT GEAR DANGLING. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 24. MECHANIC INSPECTED GEAR AND FOUND IT FAILED DUE TO EXCESSIVE SIDE LOAD. RWG.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.