What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On August 23, 2023, at approximately 15:13 pacific daylight time, U.S. Registered aircraft had landed on runway 26R , at Long Beach Airport that resulted in the aircraft’s landing gear to collapse and the aircraft coming to a stop on the runway safely. The flight originated at zamperini field in torrance California (toa) at 15:04 pacific daylight time and the flight was approximately 9 minutes from takeoff to landing. There were no injuries as a result of the incident. The aircraft sustained damage to the landing gear, propeller, and left-wing tip cover. There was one sole onboard.
According to the pilot, he heard the gear come down as it is quite loud and also felt the drag. When given the landing clearance from air traffic control, he made his approach and landing, from his accounts it was normal. Very shortly after landing, he felt the left-wing dip and the nose drop at which point the propeller struck the runway and slid to a stop on centerline. He then communicated to ATC that he was disabled on the runway and proceeded with securing the airplane. I.e., fuel off, master off, mags off, etc. He then immediately looked at the gear down indication, verifying that the mechanical gear indicator showed positive gear down indication. The aircraft is also equipped with a single light gear light indicator that will illuminate green for down and a separate single light that will illuminate blue when the landing gear is up. Neither of these lights were observed at this time. After securing the aircraft, he exited the aircraft and waited for the fire trucks and operations to arrive. He was contacted byprivacy data omitted from the national transportation safety board, (NTSB) via phone at the occurrence sight. She had indicated the (NTSB) will not be involved in this occurrence and authorized the aircraft to be moved. At which point a recovery was initiated, and the aircraft was towed back to its tie-down at escap.
On 09/05/2023, I had met with the privacy data omitted at Long Beach Airport, with his mechanic he jacked up the aircraft and perform a series gear swings and testing procedures of several components within the system. The purpose is to possibly locate the reason for the gear malfunction. After extensive trouble shooting a faulty landing gear circuit breaker was detected, it failed to properly stay engaged with power on or off.
As the FAA filed it
ON AUGUST 23, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:13 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, U.S. REGISTERED AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED ON RUNWAY 26R , AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT THAT RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT’S LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY SAFELY. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ZAMPERINI FIELD IN TORRANCE CALIFORNIA (TOA) AT 15:04 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME AND THE FLIGHT WAS APPROXIMATELY 9 MINUTES FROM TAKEOFF TO LANDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER, AND LEFT-WING TIP COVER. THERE WAS ONE SOLE ONBOARD.
ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE HEARD THE GEAR COME DOWN AS IT IS QUITE LOUD AND ALSO FELT THE DRAG. WHEN GIVEN THE LANDING CLEARANCE FROM AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, HE MADE HIS APPROACH AND LANDING, FROM HIS ACCOUNTS IT WAS NORMAL. VERY SHORTLY AFTER LANDING, HE FELT THE LEFT-WING DIP AND THE NOSE DROP AT WHICH POINT THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND SLID TO A STOP ON CENTERLINE. HE THEN COMMUNICATED TO ATC THAT HE WAS DISABLED ON THE RUNWAY AND PROCEEDED WITH SECURING THE AIRPLANE. I.E., FUEL OFF, MASTER OFF, MAGS OFF, ETC. HE THEN IMMEDIATELY LOOKED AT THE GEAR DOWN INDICATION, VERIFYING THAT THE MECHANICAL GEAR INDICATOR SHOWED POSITIVE GEAR DOWN INDICATION. THE AIRCRAFT IS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH A SINGLE LIGHT GEAR LIGHT INDICATOR THAT WILL ILLUMINATE GREEN FOR DOWN AND A SEPARATE SINGLE LIGHT THAT WILL ILLUMINATE BLUE WHEN THE LANDING GEAR IS UP. NEITHER OF THESE LIGHTS WERE OBSERVED AT THIS TIME. AFTER SECURING THE AIRCRAFT, HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAITED FOR THE FIRE TRUCKS AND OPERATIONS TO ARRIVE. HE WAS CONTACTED BY^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD, (NTSB) VIA PHONE AT THE OCCURRENCE SIGHT. SHE HAD INDICATED THE (NTSB) WILL NOT BE INVOLVED IN THIS OCCURRENCE AND AUTHORIZED THE AIRCRAFT TO BE MOVED. AT WHICH POINT A RECOVERY WAS INITIATED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO ITS TIE-DOWN AT ESCAP.
ON 09/05/2023, I HAD MET WITH THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT, WITH HIS MECHANIC HE JACKED UP THE AIRCRAFT AND PERFORM A SERIES GEAR SWINGS AND TESTING PROCEDURES OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS WITHIN THE SYSTEM. THE PURPOSE IS TO POSSIBLY LOCATE THE REASON FOR THE GEAR MALFUNCTION. AFTER EXTENSIVE TROUBLE SHOOTING A FAULTY LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS DETECTED, IT FAILED TO PROPERLY STAY ENGAGED WITH POWER ON OR OFF.