20111219028589A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Lawenceville, GA · December 19, 2011

Date
December 19, 2011 · 16:02 local
Place
Lawenceville, GA
Airport
Gwinnett Co-Briscoe Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
F3CV
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N790GK
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12LA117
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,213 total312 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While performing manuevers, the pilots noticed a gear unsafe indication on the right main landing gear. The pilots checked the indicator lights, ran checklist, recycled the gear multiple times and performed an emergency gear extention with no sucess of fixing the problem. The pilots then performed a tower fly by with lzu tower and the tower told them it appeaed to be down. The pilots performed a normal landing and after about 600 feet the right main gear collapsed causing the airplane to veer off the right side of the runway. The right wing impacted a runway edge light and the right wing and right aileron were damaged. No injuries to crew. Speed was estimated to be 15 knots at time of gear collapse.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE PERFORMING MANUEVERS, THE PILOTS NOTICED A GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE PILOTS CHECKED THE INDICATOR LIGHTS, RAN CHECKLIST, RECYCLED THE GEAR MULTIPLE TIMES AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENTION WITH NO SUCESS OF FIXING THE PROBLEM. THE PILOTS THEN PERFORMED A TOWER FLY BY WITH LZU TOWER AND THE TOWER TOLD THEM IT APPEAED TO BE DOWN. THE PILOTS PERFORMED A NORMAL LANDING AND AFTER ABOUT 600 FEET THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO VEER OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT AND THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT AILERON WERE DAMAGED. NO INJURIES TO CREW. SPEED WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 15 KNOTS AT TIME OF GEAR COLLAPSE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.