# Incident 20080523845329I: Rkwell NA265, Fort Lauderdal, FL, May 23, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2008
- Place: Fort Lauderdal, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73TJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL NA265
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080523845329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A CHECK RIDE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN THE AIRPLANE WITH THE USE OF THE REVERSE THRUST AND BRAKES, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WASN'T SLOWING DOWN ENOUGH AND STARTED TO SKID TO THE LEFT.  HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER DEFLECTION TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY, BUT THE AIRCRAFT KEPT DRIFTING TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN HIT A TAXI LIGHT BEFORE GOING INTO AN EMBANKMENT, WHERE THE LEFT MAIN GEAR THEN COLLAPSED, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOWNLOCK ACTUATOR, DOWNLOCK ACTUATOR SUPPORT FITTING AND LEFT WING.  MAINTENANCE PERSONEL VERIFIED THAT THERE WAS NO HYDRAULIC LEAKAGE AND THAT BRAKE WEAR WAS NORMAL AND FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.  AN ANALYSIS REPORT FROM QC METALLURGICAL STATES THAT THE PART (DOWNLOCK ACTUATOR SUPPORT FITTING) FAILED AS A RESULT OF A VERY HIGH OVERLOAD SITUATION AND THAT THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF ANY CORROSION, FATIQUE, STRESS CORROSION, CRACKING OR OVERHEATING.  THE INVESTIGATION HAS DETERMINED THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURED DUE TO A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE DOWNLOCK ACTUATOR SUPPORT FITTING.  SUBSEQUENTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WS GIVEN A CHECK RIDE ON ANOTHER SABRELINER AIRCRAFT BY DPE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PASSED.

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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