# NTSB CEN12WA364: Piper PA23, Igualada, Spain, Spain, June 6, 2012

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 6, 2012, 10:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place: Igualada, Spain, Spain
- Location: 42.5040° N, 6.0267° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Campo de Vuelo de Astorga, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5040&lon=-6.0267&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: CIAIAC Spain
- NTSB case key (mKey): 83946
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12WA364
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83946/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12WA364

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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