# Incident 20021025030959I: Piper PA28R200, Ottumwa, IA, October 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2002, 19:30 local time
- Place: Ottumwa, IA
- Airport: Ottumwa Industrial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0223° N, 92.4233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ottumwa, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0223&lon=-92.4233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55131, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55131) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 170 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021025030959I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20050726021839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050726021839I), Jul 26, 2005: Piper PA28R200 (N55131), Chicago/West Ch, IL, Minor damage. (-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…

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.

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