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FAA incident report · Gulstm 690A · Joplin, MO · February 17, 2004

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Date
February 17, 2004 · 21:28 local
Place
Joplin, MO
Airport
Joplin Municipal
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N690AZ
Reported as
Gulstm 690A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,400 total60 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot, with a passenger in right seat was practicing touch and go landings at the Joplin, MO airport, (jln) on runway 36. On the eighth touch and go, as the pilot was increasing power, the landing gear collapsed and the aircraft exited the runway to the left. The pilot and the passenger stated that the landing gear was down with three green gear down indicator lights and that the gear warning horn had not sounded. The tower operator on duty stated that he saw the landing gear extended. On 02/09/2004 the aircraft was placed on jacks and the landing gear was cycled up and down several times with malfunctions. The indicating systems also functioned normal. The technical representative for aero commander stated that the onl way that he knew of for the landing gear to collapse was for a mis-rigging of the landing gear actuating cylinders to occur. A search of the malfunction or defect database revealed the only instance of a landing gear malfunction on this make and model was a severe shimmy caused by damage to the left main landing gear. The aircraft in this incident suffered minor sheet metal damage to the belly and the propellers. Incident privacy data omitted is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT, WITH A PASSENGER IN RIGHT SEAT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT THE JOPLIN, MO AIRPORT, (JLN) ON RUNWAY 36. ON THE EIGHTH TOUCH AND GO, AS THE PILOT WAS INCREASING POWER, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN WITH THREE GREEN GEAR DOWN INDICATOR LIGHTS AND THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN HAD NOT SOUNDED. THE TOWER OPERATOR ON DUTY STATED THAT HE SAW THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. ON 02/09/2004 THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED UP AND DOWN SEVERAL TIMES WITH MALFUNCTIONS. THE INDICATING SYSTEMS ALSO FUNCTIONED NORMAL. THE TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR AERO COMMANDER STATED THAT THE ONL WAY THAT HE KNEW OF FOR THE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE WAS FOR A MIS-RIGGING OF THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATING CYLINDERS TO OCCUR. A SEARCH OF THE MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT DATABASE REVEALED THE ONLY INSTANCE OF A LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL WAS A SEVERE SHIMMY CAUSED BY DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT IN THIS INCIDENT SUFFERED MINOR SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO THE BELLY AND THE PROPELLERS. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ IS CLOSED.