# Accident 20021029029959A: Curtis C46DFLYTIGER, Fairbanks, AK, October 29, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2002, 12:55 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FXGA
- Location: 64.8142° N, 147.8586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8142&lon=-147.8586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54514, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54514) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Curtiss Wright C-46D (registry code 2622604, https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-c-46d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTIS C46DFLYTIGER
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021029029959A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC03LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA012), Oct 29, 2002: Curtiss-Wright CW-46 (N54514), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right main landing gear locking device to engage, which allowed the right main landing gear to collapse during taxi from landing.

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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