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Date
July 11, 2004 · 22:55 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Mount Comfort Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4355Y
Reported as
Piper PA32R301T
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total200 in this make and model50 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) The left main landing gear collapsed after touch down causing the aircraft to exit the runway on the left side, hitting two runway lights. One light struck the outboard leading edge of the left wing. The other light struck the left wing root. The aircraft came to rest on the grass. The hydraulic pressure switch was leaking causing the loss of hydraulic fluid from the reservoir.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCH DOWN CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO EXIT THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE, HITTING TWO RUNWAY LIGHTS. ONE LIGHT STRUCK THE OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING. THE OTHER LIGHT STRUCK THE LEFT WING ROOT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE GRASS. THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE SWITCH WAS LEAKING CAUSING THE LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID FROM THE RESERVOIR.