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FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Longmont, CO · May 5, 2010

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Date
May 5, 2010 · 16:30 local
Place
Longmont, CO
Airport
Longmont Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7846P
Reported as
Piper PA-24-250
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N7846PRegistration cancelled Dec 23, 2010 · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-3069 · Built 1962Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On may 5, 2010 at APPROXIMATELY1630 MDT a single engine Piper comanche PA24 was damaged (minor) when it departed the runway on landing. The pilot and instructor pilot both stated that the gear indicated down and locked on approach to lmo. The pilot stated upon touch down the main gear was on the ground, aircraft nose up when he started to apply the brakes. He then stated that the nose pitched up and left as the left main collapsed, followed by the partial collapsing of the right main gear. The aircraft veered off the south side of the runway, striking a runway light with the left wing leading edge, coming to rest in the grass. Beegles aircraft service recovered the aircraft by lifting the aircraft and securing the landing gear. Both main landing gear actuators were found to be bent. Representative of beegles aircraft service indicated that the probable cause was that the gear was in transit at the time of touch down. This office recommends that both pilots require re-examination under 44709.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 5, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY1630 MDT A SINGLE ENGINE PIPER COMANCHE PA24 WAS DAMAGED (MINOR) WHEN IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON LANDING. THE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR PILOT BOTH STATED THAT THE GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED ON APPROACH TO LMO. THE PILOT STATED UPON TOUCH DOWN THE MAIN GEAR WAS ON THE GROUND, AIRCRAFT NOSE UP WHEN HE STARTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES. HE THEN STATED THAT THE NOSE PITCHED UP AND LEFT AS THE LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED, FOLLOWED BY THE PARTIAL COLLAPSING OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, COMING TO REST IN THE GRASS.BEEGLES AIRCRAFT SERVICE RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT BY LIFTING THE AIRCRAFT AND SECURING THE LANDING GEAR. BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATORS WERE FOUND TO BE BENT. REPRESENTATIVE OF BEEGLES AIRCRAFT SERVICE INDICATED THAT THE PROBABLE CAUSE WAS THAT THE GEAR WAS IN TRANSIT AT THE TIME OF TOUCH DOWN. THIS OFFICE RECOMMENDS THAT BOTH PILOTS REQUIRE RE-EXAMINATION UNDER 44709.

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