# NTSB ERA25LA054: Jolly Warren T Bakeng Duce, N72WJ, Plant City, FL, November 17, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: November 17, 2024, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC) - Place: Plant City, FL - Coordinates: 28.000138, -82.16357 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0001&lon=-82.1636&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 195530 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA054 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195530/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195530 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA054 ## Probable cause Failure of the right main landing gear attachment bolt and hold-down nut, resulting in the right main landing gear collapsing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Landing gear system: main landing gear attach sec](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023211): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Failure (probable cause); cases with it: [Jolly Warren T BAKENG DUCE, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023211/cases.md?model=05650N6), [All aircraft, 66 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023211/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Jolly Warren T BAKENG DUCE, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=05650N6), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) ## Analysis While performing a touch-and-go, the pilot stated that he was applying power for his go-around when the right wing started “dropping” and the airplane ground looped, coming to a stop facing west. The pilot commented that he looked straight ahead and saw his right main landing gear laying on the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the main landing gear mounting plate, lower wing strut attach fitting, and surrounding structure. Postaccident inspection revealed that the right inboard mounting bolt and the right outboard forward landing gear strut attachment bracket bolt hold-down nut failed. Subsequently, the hold-down bracket bent, and the right main landing gear separated from the fuselage upon landing.. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N72WJ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72WJ), registered now, S/N 72, built 1988 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: JOLLY WARREN T BAKENG DUCE - Registry model: [Jolly Warren T BAKENG DUCE](https://openairdocs.org/model/jolly-warren-t-bakeng-duce) (registry code 05650N6) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 72 - Year built: 1988 - Airframe hours: 205.1 - Engines: LYCOMING O-290-D2 140 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, June 7, 2024 - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: PCM, Plant City, runway 10, 3,950 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Unknown ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 81; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, unknown; last flight review April 19, 2024; seat: rear; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 3,000 total, 20.8 in this make and model, 3,000 as pilot in command, 16.6 in the last 90 days, 3.8 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 60° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 4,800 ft broken - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 30.10 inHg - Observed at: PCM - METAR: KPCM 171815Z AUTO 06007KT 10SM BKN048 27/14 A3010 RMK AO2 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20241117018459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241117018459A), Nov 17, 2024: Jolly Warren T BAKENG DUCE, Plant City, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot was performing touch and goes. When aircraft landed, the RH main landing gear leg separated from the fuselage. Upon disconnection of RH main landing… ## Other investigations on N72WJ (1) 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. - [NTSB ATL90DKJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90DKJ03), Apr 12, 1990: Jolly Bakeng Duce (N72WJ), Brownsboro, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN THE REFERENCE SPEED ON APPROACH AND ESTABLISH A PROPER GLIDEPATH. ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 22, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195530. 5.8 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18050445&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Butter%20to%20NTSB427_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record a�� aircraft times (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 1.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18078729&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20ACFT%20Times_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 3, PDF, 8 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18068092&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record a�� FAA inspectors statement of gear damage (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 268 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18061860&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=N72WJ_DGC_FAA_Statement_Signed-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.