# Incident 20250410002859I: Fairchild SA227-AC, North Little Ro, AR, April 10, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2025, 16:05 local time
- Place: North Little Ro, AR
- Airport: North Little Rock Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: KY7A
- Location: 34.8331° N, 92.2541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LITTLE ROCK MUNI (ORK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8331&lon=-92.2541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2728G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2728G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-AC (registry code 3377509, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD SA227-AC
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,800 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250410002859I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON 4/10/2025 APPROXIMATELY 16:05 CST A FAIRCHILD SA227-AC WAS ON APPROACH TO KORK (NORTH LITTLE ROCK MUNICIPAL). UPON TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND SLID INTO THE GRASS APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET AND STOPPED IN AN EMBANKMENT. THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR DID NOT COLLAPSE. BOTH PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJERED. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DRAG LINKS HAD BROKE CAUSING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE REARWARD.

## Other reports on N2728G (1)

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

- [Incident 20160204000819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160204000819I), Feb 4, 2016: Fairchild SA227-AC (N2728G), Denver, CO, Minor damage. On Thursday, feb 4, 2016, at approximately 0645 key lime air flight 1647 taxiing at Denver International Airport with deferred nose wheel steering (NWS),…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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