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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Gonzales, LA · October 15, 2003

Date
October 15, 2003 · 11:20 local
Place
Gonzales, LA
Airport
Louisiana Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N571AS
Reported as
Piper PA30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320B1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,820 total1,050 in this make and model380 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

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) After touching down on runway 35 at L38, the pilot stated the gear was down and locked and shortly after touchdown the left gear began collapsing followed by the other two gear. The aircraft settled left of centerline after skidding approximately 800-1000 ft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY 35 AT L38, THE PILOT STATED THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED AND SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT GEAR BEGAN COLLAPSING FOLLOWED BY THE OTHER TWO GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED LEFT OF CENTERLINE AFTER SKIDDING APPROXIMATELY 800-1000 FT.