20020728037179I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Stolam RC-3 · La Belle, FL · July 28, 2002

Date
July 28, 2002 · 15:00 local
Place
La Belle, FL
Airport
La Belle Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6388K
Reported as
Stolam RC3
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total3 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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

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(-23) Pilot in command stated it was normal approach and landing with gear indicating down and locked. Upon touchdown main gear collapsed settling on keel. Investigation revealed the "h" fitting on the landing gear retract linkage failed allowing the gear to collapse causing substantial damage to the keel.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT IN COMMAND STATED IT WAS NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING WITH GEAR INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON TOUCHDOWN MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED SETTLING ON KEEL. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE "H" FITTING ON THE LANDING GEAR RETRACT LINKAGE FAILED ALLOWING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE KEEL.