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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Orange, VA · March 13, 2011

Date
March 13, 2011 · 12:30 local
Place
Orange, VA
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N897EC
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total220 in this make and model25 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.

On approach, landing gear system indication that the landing gear was unsafe. Pilot flew over airport several times while witnesses stated gear was down. Pilot landed aircraft on the runway then the left main gear collapsed while taxiing onto the taxiway.

As the FAA filed it

ON APPROACH, LANDING GEAR SYSTEM INDICATION THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS UNSAFE. PILOT FLEW OVER AIRPORT SEVERAL TIMES WHILE WITNESSES STATED GEAR WAS DOWN. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY THEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE TAXIING ONTO THE TAXIWAY.