- Date
- March 10, 1988, 17:30 local (Mar 11, 1988, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lower Lake, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1555XPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880310011659A
- Case key
- 25959
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg the lndg roll, the left main lndg gear collapsed & the acft veered off the rwy, further damaging the aircraft. An investigation revealed the left main landing gear trunnion had failed. It had failed diagonally aprx 5 inches from the bottom of the trunnion & 2 inches below the rotating axis. A metallurgical exam revealed preexisting fatigue where the fracture occurred. The trunnion had been in svc for aprx 4081 hrs of operation. Piper svc bulletin #787A, dated 8/15/85, addressed the possibility of cracks developing in the area of the failure. It recommended that after the 1st 1000 hrs in svc, trunnions be inspected at intervals not to exceed 100 hrs until replaced. The last annual inspection was dated 3/8/88, but there was no logbook entry to indc the inspections had been completed. The acft had flown only 4 hrs since the last inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1555X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7570284
- Airframe hours
- 4,082
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Barradas, Francis A.
- Registered owner
- Barradas, Francis A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 8, 1988 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- RDD · Redding, CA
- Airport
- 209 · Pearce Fld, runway 12, 2,485 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,642 total · 982 in this make and model · 820 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.