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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Yaklev YAK3 · Santa Rosa, CA · June 26, 2002

Date: June 26, 2002 · 17:02 local
Place: Santa Rosa, CA
Airport: Sonoma County
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N43UP
Reported as: Yaklev YAK3
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,100 total6 in this make and model58 in the last 90 days

N43UPRegistered now · Yakovlev/Burdis W J YAK 3 UPWS/N 004 Airframe modelYakovlev/Burdis W J YAK 3 UPW Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Pilot stated that he approached runway 14 with flaps extended and landing gear down, verified by three green lights in front and rear cockpit positions and mechanical gear down pins visible on top of both wings. A normal touchdown on runway and roll out of approximatley 200 ft when right main landing gear slowly folded inward. Pilot george perez maintained a straig ht track until right wing contacted runway, dragging the aircraft to the right of the RUNWAY14 onto the grass.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE APPROACHED RUNWAY 14 WITH FLAPS EXTENDED AND LANDING GEAR DOWN, VERIFIED BY THREE GREEN LIGHTS IN FRONT AND REAR COCKPIT POSITIONS AND MECHANICAL GEAR DOWN PINS VISIBLE ON TOP OF BOTH WINGS. A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY AND ROLL OUT OF APPROXIMATLEY 200 FT WHEN RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SLOWLY FOLDED INWARD. PILOT GEORGE PEREZ MAINTAINED A STRAIG HT TRACK UNTIL RIGHT WING CONTACTED RUNWAY, DRAGGING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY14 ONTO THE GRASS.