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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Laconia, NH · September 7, 2010

Date
September 7, 2010 · 22:30 local
Place
Laconia, NH
Airport
Laconia Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
WYBG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N14028
Reported as
Piper PA-23-250
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
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.

Left landing gear drag link bolt sheared allowing gear strut to fold aft during rollout. The propeller struck the runway surface. The left tire damaged the wing flap. The gear strut damaged the gear fairing.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT LANDING GEAR DRAG LINK BOLT SHEARED ALLOWING GEAR STRUT TO FOLD AFT DURING ROLLOUT. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE LEFT TIRE DAMAGED THE WING FLAP. THE GEAR STRUT DAMAGED THE GEAR FAIRING.