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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-6-235 · Cahokia, IL · July 1, 2010

Date
July 1, 2010 · 21:30 local
Place
Cahokia, IL
Airport
St Louis Downtown
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5648N
Reported as
Maule M-6-235
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540
People aboard
1
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

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.

Right main gear collapsed at end of rollout after landing. Investigation revealed right oleo strut failed. This allowed the gear to collapse causing minor damage to right wingtip, aircraft belly and sudden stoppage of the engine.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AT END OF ROLLOUT AFTER LANDING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED RIGHT OLEO STRUT FAILED. THIS ALLOWED THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT WINGTIP, AIRCRAFT BELLY AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE.