# NTSB investigations, SC: 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 ATL92LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA164.md): Classic Waco YMF-5 · Surfside Beach, SC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 25, 1992 · N527MN · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the main landing gear as a result of inadequate manufacturing.
- [NTSB ATL89LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA097.md): Cessna 180J · W. Columbia, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 4, 1989 · N601RF · Substantial damage
  > Improper torquing of the attachment bolt during installation by unknown person(s), which resulted in the separation of the bolt and nut and subsequent separation of the main landing gear from the airplane.
- [NTSB ATL88LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA223.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Laurens, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 1, 1988 · N8191J · Substantial damage
  > The plt rprtd that when he landed, everything seemed normal until he was lowering the nose to the rwy drg the landing roll. At that time, the left wing began to settle. At first, he thought the left tire was going flat, but the settling continued.…
- [NTSB ATL88LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA080.md): Piper PA-44-180 · Florence, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 16, 1988 · N268NA · Substantial damage
  > The left main ldg gear collapsed during takeoff roll, following a touch & go ldg. The airplane subsequently veered into a snowbank. Post-crash examination of the airplane revealed that the left MLG truss bracket assy had pulled loose from the acft structure…
- [NTSB ATL84LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA281.md): Piper PA-23-250 · Cheraw, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 16, 1984 · N14217 · Substantial damage
  > According to the plt, after 100 to 150 ft of landing roll the right main landing gear collapsed.
- [NTSB ATL83LA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA367.md): Rockwell AC-112A · Batesburg, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 13, 1983 · N1423J · Substantial damage
  > The acft experienced a gear collapse during landing rollout. The pilot stated that the gear green lights were on prior to landing. The landing and rollout were uneventful until a right turn of 180 degrees was made. During the turn the left main gear folded…
- [NTSB ATL83LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA069.md): Piper PA-34-200 · Columbia, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 20, 1982 · N41336 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot landed on runway 23 with winds that were variable from 250 to 290 deg at 14 gusting 24 KTS. With these winds, the maximum crosswind component would have been about 21 KTS. The maximum demonstrated crosswind component for this aircraft was 15 KTS.…
- [NTSB ATL82DA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA132.md): Cessna 310 · Allendale, SC · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 14, 1982 · N1831H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot reported that before landing, the landing gear indicators showed that all gear were down and locked. However, on the landing roll-out, the left main gear collapsed as the nosewheel was lowered to the runway. Subsequently, the left wing, left…
- [NTSB ATL82DA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA102.md): Piper PA-31 · Clemson, SC · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 15, 1982 · N7570L · Substantial damage
  > During the preflight inspection the pilot noticed the hydraulically operated inboard main landing gear doors were open. Although realizing that they should be closed when the landing gear are fully extended, he pumped the doors up and taxied for takeoff.…

## 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" = 'SC' 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=SC

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