What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On June 04, 2022, at approximately 1148 PST time, N4752K landed on runway 31 right at Palm Springs airport with the gear up. Crews responded and eventually removed the aircraft from the runway with a tow truck company. The pilot stated that the green gear light was on indicating gear down for several miles before entering the pattern as he had put the gear down as part of the decent over the mountain range before coachella valley. He stated that the gear light was green and he had verified this visually. On landing 31 right the nose gear stayed down, however the main gear collapsed. Two witness interviews were performed by the NTSB inspector assigned to this accident on July 07, 2022 with privacy data omitted and privacy data omitted, employees of privacy data omitted, who both stated that the nose gear looked down on approach, but the main gear were not completely down and hanging back about 45 degrees and moving back and forth. On July 11, 2022 an FAA inspector from the riverside FSDO along with an privacy data omitted mechanic and the NTSB met at the hangar where the aircraft was stored for a physical inspection of the aircraft and to perform a gear system inspection including retraction and extension of the landing gear with the electro hydraulic system and emergency system to verify any abnormalities. The aircraft was raised on jacks and the gear cycled several times. Both systems appeared to work normally. This included warning horn indications of the gear not fully down as well as the warning lights and use of the emergency pump handle. The hydraulic reservoir was check for fluid level and found normal. All indications showed that the gear worked normally in this situation without aerodynamic pressure such as in fight. A follow up inspection will be performed after several repairs before the aircraft is returned to service. An update will be included in the sas and atqa documents if required.
As the FAA filed it
ON JUNE 04, 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 1148 PST TIME, N4752K LANDED ON RUNWAY 31 RIGHT AT PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT WITH THE GEAR UP. CREWS RESPONDED AND EVENTUALLY REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY WITH A TOW TRUCK COMPANY. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE GREEN GEAR LIGHT WAS ON INDICATING GEAR DOWN FOR SEVERAL MILES BEFORE ENTERING THE PATTERN AS HE HAD PUT THE GEAR DOWN AS PART OF THE DECENT OVER THE MOUNTAIN RANGE BEFORE COACHELLA VALLEY. HE STATED THAT THE GEAR LIGHT WAS GREEN AND HE HAD VERIFIED THIS VISUALLY. ON LANDING 31 RIGHT THE NOSE GEAR STAYED DOWN, HOWEVER THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. TWO WITNESS INTERVIEWS WERE PERFORMED BY THE NTSB INSPECTOR ASSIGNED TO THIS ACCIDENT ON JULY 07, 2022 WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EMPLOYEES OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO BOTH STATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR LOOKED DOWN ON APPROACH, BUT THE MAIN GEAR WERE NOT COMPLETELY DOWN AND HANGING BACK ABOUT 45 DEGREES AND MOVING BACK AND FORTH. ON JULY 11, 2022 AN FAA INSPECTOR FROM THE RIVERSIDE FSDO ALONG WITH AN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MECHANIC AND THE NTSB MET AT THE HANGAR WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS STORED FOR A PHYSICAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TO PERFORM A GEAR SYSTEM INSPECTION INCLUDING RETRACTION AND EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR WITH THE ELECTRO HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND EMERGENCY SYSTEM TO VERIFY ANY ABNORMALITIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED ON JACKS AND THE GEAR CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES. BOTH SYSTEMS APPEARED TO WORK NORMALLY. THIS INCLUDED WARNING HORN INDICATIONS OF THE GEAR NOT FULLY DOWN AS WELL AS THE WARNING LIGHTS AND USE OF THE EMERGENCY PUMP HANDLE. THE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR WAS CHECK FOR FLUID LEVEL AND FOUND NORMAL. ALL INDICATIONS SHOWED THAT THE GEAR WORKED NORMALLY IN THIS SITUATION WITHOUT AERODYNAMIC PRESSURE SUCH AS IN FIGHT. A FOLLOW UP INSPECTION WILL BE PERFORMED AFTER SEVERAL REPAIRS BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT IS RETURNED TO SERVICE. AN UPDATE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE SAS AND ATQA DOCUMENTS IF REQUIRED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.