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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-220T · Richmond, KY · March 24, 2014

Date: March 24, 2014 · 23:50 local
Place: Richmond, KY
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N69BW
Reported as: Piper PA-34-220T
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N69BWRegistered now · Piper PA-34-220TS/N 34-8233087 · Built 1982 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-220T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Seneca N69BW was conducting night landings at bowling green Kentucky (bwg). Upon the fourth landing the landing gear indicated an unsafe condition. The aircraft reurned to home base of Richmond Kentucky (I39) and contacted maintenance from the air. The aircraft performed a fly by the runway and maintenance adivsed the gear appeared down. Upon toucgdown and rollout the left main gear collapsed. Aircraft sustained minor damage and the student pilot and instructor were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

SENECA N69BW WAS CONDUCTING NIGHT LANDINGS AT BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY (BWG). UPON THE FOURTH LANDING THE LANDING GEAR INDICATED AN UNSAFE CONDITION. THE AIRCRAFT REURNED TO HOME BASE OF RICHMOND KENTUCKY (I39) AND CONTACTED MAINTENANCE FROM THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A FLY BY THE RUNWAY AND MAINTENANCE ADIVSED THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN. UPON TOUCGDOWN AND ROLLOUT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE STUDENT PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED.