# Accident 20190727008929A: Ryan NAVION B, Chicago, IL, July 27, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2019, 16:15 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Midway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7831° N, 87.7450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7831&lon=-87.7450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27AW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION B (registry code 6150170, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480 series (registry code 41527, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN NAVION B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING GO-480 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA251) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190727008929A

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT ON RWY 31R, N27AW EXPERIENCED A LEFT MAIN GEAR FAILURE AND BECAME DISABLED ON THAT RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES AND THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT. THE CREW WAS ABLE TO STABILIZE THE LANDING GEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE AIRPORT RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN19LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA251), Jul 27, 2019: Ryan Navion (N27AW), Chicago, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main landing gear upper side brace assembly during landing due to reverse bending fatigue as a result of the incomplete penetration of the circumferential weld during initial…

## Other reports on N27AW (3)

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

- [Incident 20050528011599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050528011599I), May 28, 2005: Tmpson NAVIONB (N27AW), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. (-23) Upon landing at the Las Vegas mccarran airport, aircraft nose landing gear collapsed causing damage to propeller and nose landing gear doors. It is…
- [Incident 19951006037239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951006037239I), Oct 6, 1995: Tmpson NAVIONB (N27AW), Longmont, CO, Minor damage. Narrative: after doing a high speed taxi after maintenance, nose wheel began to shimmy after a/c slowed to walking speed nose strut broke off at the fork. A/c…
- [Incident 19911118058089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911118058089I), Nov 18, 1991: Tmpson NAVIONB (N27AW), Hickory, NC, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.

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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