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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Latham, NY · October 26, 2015

Date: October 26, 2015 · 07:50 local
Place: Latham, NY
Airport: Albany International
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6943A
Reported as: Piper PA-23-250
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,242 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

N6943ARegistered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-7954117 · Built 1979 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot of N6943A (PA23-250 aztec) reports prior to landing on runway 01 at alb that he had a 3 green gear down indication. Upon landing rollout the pilot reported that he thought he had a flat tire on the right main landing gear. The pilot then shut the right engine down to preempt a prop strike. The right main gear then collapsed back towards the trailing edge of the wing resulting in right flap damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT OF N6943A (PA23-250 AZTEC) REPORTS PRIOR TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 01 AT ALB THAT HE HAD A 3 GREEN GEAR DOWN INDICATION. UPON LANDING ROLLOUT THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD A FLAT TIRE ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT THEN SHUT THE RIGHT ENGINE DOWN TO PREEMPT A PROP STRIKE. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR THEN COLLAPSED BACK TOWARDS THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE WING RESULTING IN RIGHT FLAP DAMAGE.

Other reports on N6943A · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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