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FAA incident report · Curtiss Wright P-40N · Conroe, TX · March 16, 2019

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Date
March 16, 2019 · 13:25 local
Place
Conroe, TX
Airport
Conroe North Houston Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1226N
Reported as
Curtiss Wright P-40N
Reported engine
Allison V1710 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
7,100 total200 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days
N1226NRegistered now · Curtiss Wright P-40NS/N 29629Airframe modelCurtiss Wright P-40NEngine modelAllison V1710 seriesTurbo-shaft

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What happened

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

N1226N flight with 01 pilot onboard originated from Conroe-north Houston regional airport (cxo), Conroe, TX, with a destination of Conroe-north Houston regional airport (cxo), Conroe, TX. Aircraft was participating in tora, tora, tora program airshow practice. Pilot stated he set up for a normal landing on runway 01 and on touchdown the left main landing gear collapsed. Upon left main landing gear collapsing, the left wing contacted the runway. Pilot stated he kept the aircraft on the runway for almost three hundred feet before it slid off the side of the runway. The aircraft spun approximately one hundred degrees to the left, coming to rest just off the left-side of the runway. The left wing was raised using an airbag and upon securing the left main landing gear in a down and locked position, the aircraft was towed from the runway.

Visible damage to the aircraft includes: damage to all three propeller blades; damage to left wing tip; damage to outboard corner of left aileron; damage to outboard corner of left flap. The left main landing gear collapsed due to failure of a fitting on the left main landing gear actuator.

As the FAA filed it

N1226N FLIGHT WITH 01 PILOT ONBOARD ORIGINATED FROM CONROE-NORTH HOUSTON REGIONAL AIRPORT (CXO), CONROE, TX, WITH A DESTINATION OF CONROE-NORTH HOUSTON REGIONAL AIRPORT (CXO), CONROE, TX. AIRCRAFT WAS PARTICIPATING IN TORA, TORA, TORA PROGRAM AIRSHOW PRACTICE. PILOT STATED HE SET UP FOR A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 01 AND ON TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. UPON LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSING, THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED HE KEPT THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY FOR ALMOST THREE HUNDRED FEET BEFORE IT SLID OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SPUN APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED DEGREES TO THE LEFT, COMING TO REST JUST OFF THE LEFT-SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT WING WAS RAISED USING AN AIRBAG AND UPON SECURING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR IN A DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED FROM THE RUNWAY.

VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDES: DAMAGE TO ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES; DAMAGE TO LEFT WING TIP; DAMAGE TO OUTBOARD CORNER OF LEFT AILERON; DAMAGE TO OUTBOARD CORNER OF LEFT FLAP. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO FAILURE OF A FITTING ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR.

Other reports on N1226N · 3

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

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