# Incident 20050112004409I: Piper PA23250, Indianapolis, IN, January 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2005, 20:50 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CYQA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63764, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63764-2020-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-C4B5 (registry code 41651, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-c4b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,268 total, 632 in this make and model, 242 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050112004409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LANDING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DRAG LINK ASSEMBLY SEPARATED BETWEEN UPPER LINK ASSEMBLY P/N 16190-00 AND LOWER ASSEMBLY P/N 16240-05. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR CENTER DRAG LINK ATTACH BOLT P/N 402-427 (AN177-27) HAD FAILED IN THE CENTER OF THE BOLT SHANK. INSPECTION OF THE BOLT INDICATED THAT AGE AND FATIGUE OF THE BOLT WERE A FACTOR IN THE BOLT FAILURE. THE BOLT FRACTURE INDICATED THAT 75% OF THE FRACTURE WAS PRESENT PRIOR TO THE BOLT FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT FLAP SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND TIRE TRAVELING AFT OF THE NORMAL OPERATING RANGE DUE TO THE GEAR COLLAPSING. THE LEFT PROPELLER BLADES SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM CONTACTING THE RUNWAY. THE DAMAGE SUSTAINED INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT A LOW SPEED AND THE ENGINE AT A LOW POWER SETTING AT THE TIME OF THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE.

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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