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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Ottumwa, IA · October 25, 2002

Date: October 25, 2002 · 19:30 local
Place: Ottumwa, IA
Airport: Ottumwa Industrial
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N55131
Reported as: Piper PA28R200
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,050 total170 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

N55131Registered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-7335184 · Built 1973 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot could not get the left main gear to lock down prior to landing. Emergency gear extension was not successful. Pilot landed aircraft and left gear collapsed 2/3 of the way through rollout on runway 31 at otm. Verified by otm flying service mechanic. Maintenance found that the landing gear side-brace pivot stud and pivot stud bearings were gauled.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT COULD NOT GET THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TO LOCK DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING. EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT AND LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED 2/3 OF THE WAY THROUGH ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 31 AT OTM. VERIFIED BY OTM FLYING SERVICE MECHANIC. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE LANDING GEAR SIDE-BRACE PIVOT STUD AND PIVOT STUD BEARINGS WERE GAULED.

Other reports on N55131 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20050726021839ILevel Off Touchdown · Chicago/West Ch, IL(-23) On a training flight, the instructor and student departed Dupage Airport, (dpa) and went to a training area west of dpa in the vicinity of dekalb airport, IL. During landing practice the gear was extended and the crew observed 3 green indicator lights.…Jul 26, 2005 · Minor damage