# Incident 20050421009309I: P70, Chesapeake, VA, April 21, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2005, 10:00 local time
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Airport: Chesapeake Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6656° N, 76.3207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHESAPEAKE RGNL (CPK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6656&lon=-76.3207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N483L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: P70
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 358 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050421009309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING. DURING THE INVESTIGATION AFTER THE INCIDENT, RUST/CORROSION WAS FOUND IN THE LANDING GEAR AXLE. IT APPEARS THAT THE STRUCTURE WAS WEAKENED BY THE RUST/CORROSION THAT CAUSED THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. RUST/CORROSION WAS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR OBSERVATION OR NORMAL PREFLIGHT PROCEDURES.

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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