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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grtlks 2T-1A-2 · Blairstown, NJ · May 16, 2005

Date: May 16, 2005 · 13:00 local
Place: Blairstown, NJ
Airport: Blairstown Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6054L
Reported as: Grtlks 2T1A2
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 22,100 total200 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

N6054LRegistered now · Great Lakes 2T-1A-2S/N 0715 · Built 1975 Airframe modelGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) During landing on grass portion of runway 25 at the Blairstown Airport (1N7) in Blairstown, NJ, the pilot stated he struck a lip on a paved taxiway that crosses the grass runway to the paved runway. The pilot stated the aircraft struck the lip with the RH main gear, continued for several hundred feet, and the RH main gear collapsed. As a result of the collapse, the aircraft pivoted up on it's nose and struck the propeller and scraped the lower RH wing tip. Weather at the time was VFR with winds out of the west at approximately 8 knots. There were no reported injuries however, there was a passenger on board. Investigation of the incident revealed a bolt mounting the oleo strut to the wheel and axle assembly sheared causing the aircraft strut to settle on the ground during landing rollout.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING LANDING ON GRASS PORTION OF RUNWAY 25 AT THE BLAIRSTOWN AIRPORT (1N7) IN BLAIRSTOWN, NJ, THE PILOT STATED HE STRUCK A LIP ON A PAVED TAXIWAY THAT CROSSES THE GRASS RUNWAY TO THE PAVED RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE LIP WITH THE RH MAIN GEAR, CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET, AND THE RH MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. AS A RESULT OF THE COLLAPSE, THE AIRCRAFT PIVOTED UP ON IT'S NOSE AND STRUCK THE PROPELLER AND SCRAPED THE LOWER RH WING TIP. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VFR WITH WINDS OUT OF THE WEST AT APPROXIMATELY 8 KNOTS. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES HOWEVER, THERE WAS A PASSENGER ON BOARD. INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT REVEALED A BOLT MOUNTING THE OLEO STRUT TO THE WHEEL AND AXLE ASSEMBLY SHEARED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT STRUT TO SETTLE ON THE GROUND DURING LANDING ROLLOUT.