20111231029539I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-220T · Salt Lake City, UT · December 31, 2011

Date
December 31, 2011 · 13:18 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N104WT
Reported as
Piper PA-34-220T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,850 total1,510 in this make and model11 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 January 31, 2011 at 1318 local, N104WT, a Piper PA-34-220T, was involved in an incident when the RH main gear collapsed during landing rollout on runway 35 at Salt Lake City International Airport (slc).the aircraft was piloted by privacy data omitted, private pilot certificate number privacy data omitted.damage was limited to the right hand aileron hinges, right hand prop, and right hand horizontal stabilizer tip fairing. Inspection of the gear system found an unknown electrical fault within the gear operating circuit. This was later determined to be a short in the wire between the landing gear selector switch and the landing gear unsafe annunciator light.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 31, 2011 AT 1318 LOCAL, N104WT, A PIPER PA-34-220T, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHEN THE RH MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 35 AT SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SLC).THE AIRCRAFT WAS PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT HAND AILERON HINGES, RIGHT HAND PROP, AND RIGHT HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TIP FAIRING.INSPECTION OF THE GEAR SYSTEM FOUND AN UNKNOWN ELECTRICAL FAULT WITHIN THE GEAR OPERATING CIRCUIT. THIS WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE A SHORT IN THE WIRE BETWEEN THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH AND THE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT.