20230118000849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Ogden, UT · January 18, 2023

Date
January 18, 2023 · 17:50 local
Place
Ogden, UT
Airport
Ogden-Hinckley
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7915Y
Reported as
Piper PA-30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
856 total

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.

On January 18, 2023 at 1755 MST privacy data omitted, PA-30, s/n 30-1005 at Ogden, Utah (kogd) during an instructional flight, pilot of privacy data omitted reported an unsafe gear to the tower, performed a low approach to runway 21 received visual confirmation from the tower no gear appeared to be down. Pilot advised they would depart the area and troubleshoot. The pilot advised the tower they were able to get a green indication that the gear was down. The tower visually confirmed the gear appeared down. After being cleared to land, at 1755 MST privacy data omitted touched down on runway 35. Upon rollout of a couple hundred feet, the aircraft slowed down the gear collapsed causing minor damage to the belly and prop strikes on both engines. 2 POB, instructor and student no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 18, 2023 AT 1755 MST ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PA-30, S/N 30-1005 AT OGDEN, UTAH (KOGD) DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, PILOT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED AN UNSAFE GEAR TO THE TOWER, PERFORMED A LOW APPROACH TO RUNWAY 21 RECEIVED VISUAL CONFIRMATION FROM THE TOWER NO GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. PILOT ADVISED THEY WOULD DEPART THE AREA AND TROUBLESHOOT. THE PILOT ADVISED THE TOWER THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A GREEN INDICATION THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE TOWER VISUALLY CONFIRMED THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN. AFTER BEING CLEARED TO LAND, AT 1755 MST ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 35. UPON ROLLOUT OF A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET, THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED DOWN THE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY AND PROP STRIKES ON BOTH ENGINES. 2 POB, INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT NO INJURIES.

Other reports on N7915Y · 1

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