CEN12WA364

NTSB incident investigation · Piper PA23 · Igualada, Spain, Spain · June 6, 2012

Incident · No injuriesForeign investigation
Date
June 6, 2012, 10:00 local (10:00 UTC)
Place
Igualada, Spain, Spain
Injuries
6 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
EC-GGFPiper PA23
Defining event
Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse
NTSB office
Central Region
Lead agency
Other
Parties
CIAIAC Spain
Case key
83946

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Landing gear collapseLanding-landing rollAll aircraft: 1,787 casesDefining event

Factual narrative

On June 9, 2012 about 1000 UTC, a Spanish registered Piper PA-23-250, EC-GCF, sustained minor damage when the left main landing gear collapsed during landing at Igualada Aerodrome, Spain. The pilot crew and five passengers on board the airplane were not injured. The airplane had departed from Sabadell, Spain. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Spain. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Spain. The NTSB designated a U.S. Accredited Representative under the provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 13 as the state of manufacture of the aircraft and the engine. All inquiries should be directed to: Ministerio de Fomento Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil (CIAIAC) Fruela, 6 - 1ª floor 28011 MADRID ESPAÑA

Aircraft

Registration
EC-GGF
Reported as
Piper PA23 (250)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
27-4810
Damage
Minor damage
Airworthiness certificate
Unknown
Departed
LELL · Sabadell, Spain
Destination
LEAT · Igualada, Spain
Flight plan
Unknown
Airport
LEAT · Igualada aeordrome