# Incident 20190403002459I: Lake LA-4-200, Punta Gorda, FL, April 3, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2019, 12:14 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Punta Gorda
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.9186° N, 81.9909° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUNTA GORDA (PGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.9186&lon=-81.9909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39799 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LAKE LA-4-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 3 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190403002459I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING HIS APPROACH TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 4 AT PUNTA GORDA (PGD), HE VERIFIED THAT HE HAD A GREEN LIGHT, INDICATING THAT HIS LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.   THE PILOT WAS ALSO ABLE TO VISUALLY SEE THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN WITH A SIDE MIRROR MOUNTED ON THE AIRCRAFT.  UPON TOUCH DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR REMAINED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.  AFTER THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR SKIN DAMAGE.

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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