What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Aircraft right main landing gear collapsed during rollout after landing. Aircraft had progressed approximately 2000 feet after touchdown and was preparing to exit the active runway when gear collapsed. privacy data omitted (.19) On October 29, 2002, about 1300 Alaska standard time, a curtiss-wright C-46 airplane, N54514, sustained substantial damage when its right main landing gear collapsed during taxi from landing at the Fairbanks International Airport, Fairbanks, Alaska. The airplane was being operated by everts air cargo, Fairbanks, as a visual flight rules (VFR) local training flight under title 14, CFR part 91 when the accident occurred. The two pilots were not injured. During a telephone conversation with the national transportation safety board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (iic) on October 30, the director of operations for the operator said the first pilot reported that after landing, as the airplane turned left to exit the runway, the right main landing gear collapsed. The first pilot said before landing the right main landing gear indicator light was amber, which indicates that only one of two gear-down locking devices was engaged. He said landing with an amber light is an approved procedure in the airplane operator's manual. The director of operations said the airplane had just undergone a major overhaul, and that there were no known mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing during the accident.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING ROLLOUT AFTER LANDING. AIRCRAFT HAD PROGRESSED APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND WAS PREPARING TO EXIT THE ACTIVE RUNWAY WHEN GEAR COLLAPSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED (.19) ON OCTOBER 29, 2002, ABOUT 1300 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, A CURTISS-WRIGHT C-46 AIRPLANE, N54514, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN ITS RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TAXI FROM LANDING AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FAIRBANKS, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED BY EVERTS AIR CARGO, FAIRBANKS, AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE TWO PILOTS WERE NOT INJURED. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD (NTSB) INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE (IIC) ON OCTOBER 30, THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR THE OPERATOR SAID THE FIRST PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER LANDING, AS THE AIRPLANE TURNED LEFT TO EXIT THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE FIRST PILOT SAID BEFORE LANDING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT WAS AMBER, WHICH INDICATES THAT ONLY ONE OF TWO GEAR-DOWN LOCKING DEVICES WAS ENGAGED. HE SAID LANDING WITH AN AMBER LIGHT IS AN APPROVED PROCEDURE IN THE AIRPLANE OPERATOR'S MANUAL. THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS SAID THE AIRPLANE HAD JUST UNDERGONE A MAJOR OVERHAUL, AND THAT THERE WERE NO KNOWN MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WITH THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING DURING THE ACCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.