20050804018449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24 · Ainsworth, NE · August 4, 2005

Date
August 4, 2005 · 21:00 local
Place
Ainsworth, NE
Airport
Ainsworth Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7518P
Reported as
Piper PA24
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total2,000 in this make and model25 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 pilot stated the landing gear was down and collapsed on landing. The mechanic agrees that the landing gear was down and collapsed on landing due to mechanical failure.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND COLLAPSED ON LANDING. THE MECHANIC AGREES THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND COLLAPSED ON LANDING DUE TO MECHANICAL FAILURE.