# NTSB investigations, NV: Main gear collapsed

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 LAX01FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA201.md): Piper PA-31-350 · North Las Vegas, NV · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 5, 2001 · N209TA · Substantial damage
  > fatigue failure of the right main landing gear retraction arm.
- [NTSB LAX94LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA276.md): Cessna 310J · Elko, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 1994 · N310BD · Substantial damage
  > the collapse of the landing gear due to a gear strut bolt shearing in two.
- [NTSB SEA85LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA173.md): Cessna 180G · Battle Mountain, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 1985 · N5252D · Substantial damage
  > While landing at Battle Mountain to refuel, the left main gear collapsed. The wind was reported to be from 360 deg a 18 gusting 30 KTS.
- [NTSB SEA85LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA105.md): Cessna 180-L · Las Vegas, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 3, 1985 · N4979A · Substantial damage
  > During landing rollout a gust of wind picked up the left wing. The acft rolled down the rny on the right main gear until it collapsed. Although the tower reported the wind as being straight down the rwy, the plt and the plt who landed immediately after the…
- [NTSB SEA85LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA058.md): Cessna P210 · Las Vegas, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 17, 1985 · N731EZ · Substantial damage
  > The hydraulic power pack reservoir was depleted from a leak in the hand pump suction line, which had been chafed through by interference with the right rudder cable. Apparently, there was sufficient back pressure remaining to lower and lock the nose gear, but…
- [NTSB LAX83LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA261.md): Cessna 401A · North Las Vegas, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 1, 1983 · N6293Q · Substantial damage
  > The acfts main landing gear collapsed during landing touchdown. After the right main gear collapsed the acft veered to the right and came to rest about 600 ft beyond the threshold and 90 ft northwest of the rwy edge. An FAA inspector said 'it appears that an…
- [NTSB LAX82FXQ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FXQ11.md): Omac 1 · Reno, NV · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 22, 1982 · N81PH · Destroyed
  > N81PH was returning from a test flight and when the landing gear was lowered the right main gear failed to lock. The gear was cycled several times without success. During touchdown the right main gear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest off the runway.…

## 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" = 'NV' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 191)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=191&state=NV

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