20200817014489A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Upland, CA · August 17, 2020

Date
August 17, 2020 · 18:00 local
Place
Upland, CA
Airport
Cable
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N79MS
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
285 total175 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The pilot had completed 2 takeoffs and landings and was taxing back to runway 24 on the north taxiway. Prior to reaching then hold short line the right wing dropped to the ground and the aircraft slowly veered to the right. The instructor pilot immediately secured the engine and shutoff the fuel. After exiting the aircraft the pilots saw that the right landing gear had collapsed and folded itself back under the wing. The two takeoffs and landing were normal with no excessive sink rate or side load on touchdown. This report will be amended at a later date.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT HAD COMPLETED 2 TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AND WAS TAXING BACK TO RUNWAY 24 ON THE NORTH TAXIWAY. PRIOR TO REACHING THEN HOLD SHORT LINE THE RIGHT WING DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT IMMEDIATELY SECURED THE ENGINE AND SHUTOFF THE FUEL. AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOTS SAW THAT THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR HAD COLLAPSED AND FOLDED ITSELF BACK UNDER THE WING. THE TWO TAKEOFFS AND LANDING WERE NORMAL WITH NO EXCESSIVE SINK RATE OR SIDE LOAD ON TOUCHDOWN. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED AT A LATER DATE.