20240612007599A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Selma, AL · June 12, 2024

Date
June 12, 2024 · 08:35 local
Place
Selma, AL
Airport
Craig Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N62LP
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA24LA259
Reported as
Piper PA-32R-300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total1 in this make and model

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What happened

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Pilot was condicting a crosswind landing at Selma airport (sem) when the aircraft landed hard onto the runway with a drift componant. Moments later, as the touchdown roll out began, the right main landing gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS CONDICTING A CROSSWIND LANDING AT SELMA AIRPORT (SEM) WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ONTO THE RUNWAY WITH A DRIFT COMPONANT. MOMENTS LATER, AS THE TOUCHDOWN ROLL OUT BEGAN, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N62LP · 1

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