# NTSB investigations, LA: Landing gear collapse

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CEN25LA402](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA402.md): Textron 525C · Baton Rouge, LA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 25, 2025 · N361MB · Substantial damage
  > The improper installation of the trunnion pin, which resulted in a failure of the right main landing gear. Contributing to the accident was the failure of maintenance personnel to follow the aircraft manufacturer’s maintenance procedures.
- [NTSB CEN25LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA015.md): Piper PA-30 · New Orleans, LA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 16, 2024 · N7967Y · Substantial damage
  > The failure of a landing gear torque arm which resulted in a landing gear collapse and runway excursion.
- [NTSB CEN24LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA075.md): Beech C23 · Mansfield, LA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 1, 2024 · N9729L · Destroyed
  > The nose landing gear collapse and postimpact fire due to undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB GAA18CA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA138.md): Sikorsky S76 · New Iberia, LA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 18, 2018 · N860AL · Substantial damage
  > The helicopter’s striking of a pothole while taxiing, which resulted in the right main landing gear collapsing.
- [NTSB CEN15LA444](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA444.md): Piper PA 24-250 · New Orleans, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 19, 2015 · N7803P · Substantial damage
  > The collapse of the landing gear for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
- [NTSB CEN12CA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA272.md): Tucker-Hurni Starduster SA-300 · Vidalia, LA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 27, 2012 · N4523 · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the airplane’s right main landing gear due to a pre-existing fatigue crack and corrosion.
- [NTSB DFW08TA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08TA128.md): Beech C90 · Baton Rouge, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 25, 2008 · N21SP · Substantial damage
  > Structural failure of the right main landing gear torque knee. A contributing factor was the failure to inspect the torque knee at the designated interval.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'LA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT e.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '094')
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/cases?state=LA

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