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FAA accident report · Leake SKYBOLT · Lexington, TX · July 16, 2018

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Date
July 16, 2018 · 15:00 local
Place
Lexington, TX
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N22GL
Reported as
Leake Skybolt
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
818 total429 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days
N22GLRegistered now · Leake SKYBOLTS/N GL-1 · Built 1978Airframe modelLeake SKYBOLTEngine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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After landing aircraft, during taxi back to hangar main landing gear collapsed. Aircraft sustained substantial damage to the landing gear,fusalage,wing struts. Owners private landing strip very rough, un level with pot holes.

Continually landing and taxing on a rough grass runway was a large contributor to the fatigue and failure of the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING AIRCRAFT, DURING TAXI BACK TO HANGAR MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR,FUSALAGE,WING STRUTS. OWNERS PRIVATE LANDING STRIP VERY ROUGH, UN LEVEL WITH POT HOLES.

CONTINUALLY LANDING AND TAXING ON A ROUGH GRASS RUNWAY WAS A LARGE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE FATIGUE AND FAILURE OF THE LANDING GEAR.

Other reports on N22GL · 1

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

Incident 19800503043789ILevel Off Touchdown · Wenatchee, WAGear collapsed on landing due to poor weld penetration in the landing gear.May 3, 1980 · Minor damage