# Incident 20061016023149I: Piper PA31350, Colorado Spring, CO, October 16, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2006, 19:32 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KY7A
- Location: 38.8058° N, 104.7008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI (COS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8058&lon=-104.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66906, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66906-2016-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,613 total, 53 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061016023149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 35L AT KCOS, AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PULL TO THE LEFT. PILOT NOTICED LEFT WING LOWERING AND SPARKS COMING FROM UNDER THE LEFT WING. PILOT INFORMED TOWER OF A LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSE AND CONTINUED ONTO THE A3 TAXIWAY CONNECTOR WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL RUNWAY AND THE HOLD-SHORT LINE OF THE A3 CONNECTOR. PILOT THEN SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNNION BOLT BROKE IN TWO PIECES CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TO TWIST OUTBOARD AND PARTIALLY COLLAPSE. INSPECTION OF TRUNNION BOLT BY NTSB PERSONNEL INDICATED METAL FATIGUE CAUSED THE TRUNNION BOLT TO FAIL. OPERATOR IS REPLACING THE TRUNNION BOLTS ON ALL OF THEIR PIPER NAVAJO AIRCRAFT DURING THE NEXT 100 HOUR INSP.

## Other reports on N66906 (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20150121001979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150121001979A), Jan 21, 2015: Piper PA-31-350 (N66906), Goodland, KS, Substantial damage. A Piper model PA-31-350 was involved in an accident approximately 11 miles nw of the Goodland, KS airport at the intersection of county road 10 and county road…
- [Incident 20070524011519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070524011519I), May 24, 2007: Piper PA31350 (N66906), Denver, CO, No damage. (-23) Pilot began taxi for takeoff without removing the fog or frost from the pilot's or copilot's windscreen. He had limited visibility because of his…
- [Incident 19980817036389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980817036389I), Aug 17, 1998: Piper PA31350 (N66906), Denver, CO, Minor damage. The aircraft departed from trinidad, Colorado operating under title 14 part 135 cargo operations. During climb out the crew noticed that the right main gear…
- [Incident 19840419030189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840419030189I), Apr 19, 1984: Piper PA31350 (N66906), Cleveland, OH, Minor damage. Put gear handle in down position while taxiing for takeoff. Landing gear collapsed. Anti retraction switch failed.

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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