# Incident 20160911018109I: Piper PA-24-180, Ashland, OR, September 11, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2016, 14:30 local time
- Place: Ashland, OR
- Airport: Ashland Municipal-Sumner Parker Fie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1903° N, 122.6606° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHLAND MUNI/SUMNER PARKER FLD (S03), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1903&lon=-122.6606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5652P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5652P-2017-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 287 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160911018109I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AFTER LOWERING THE GEAR ON DOWN WIND FOR RWY 30.  THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE WITH FULL FLAPS AND STARTED TO FLARE OVER THE NUMBERS.  THE PILOT REPORTED IT WAS ON, OR JUST AFTER TOUCHING DOWN, THAT HE FELT THE RH MLG COLLAPSE CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TIP TO DRAG ON THE RWY RESULTING IN THE AIRPLANE VEERING TO THE RIGHT AND DEPARTING THE RWY WITHIN 80 FEET OF TOUCHDOWN AND IMPACTING A RWY LIGHT AT THE RH LWER NOSE COWL.  THE SIDE- LOADING ON THE LH MLG CAUSED IT AND THE NLG TO COLLAPSE AS WELL.  THE PILOT INITIALLY REPORTED HE SAW A GREEN LIGHT PRIOR TO LANDING INDICATING ALL THREE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED.  WHEN QUESTIONED THE DAY AFTER THE INCIDENT HE COULD NOT REMEMBER WHETHER THE LIGHT WAS GREEN OR NOT.  HE DID REMEMBER LOWERING THE GEAR HOWEVER.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.  POST INCIDENT MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BROKEN RH OUTBOARD GEAR RETRACTION ARM.  THE ARM ATTACHES TO A CABLE THAT HOLDS THE OVERCENTER MECHANISM IN PLACE WHILE THE GEAR IS EXTENDED.  WHEN THE ARM BROKE IT ALLOWED THE RH MLG TO COME OUT OF THE OVERCENTER POSITION AND COLAPSE.  THE CABLE ALSO HOLDS THE NLG OVERCENTER MECHANISM IN PLACE WHICH RESULTED IN THE NLG COLLAPSE AND THE LH MLG COLLAPSE FROM SIDE LOADING.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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