- Date
- May 20, 1993, 11:38 local (15:38 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5338VCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930520014599A
- Case key
- 33269
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Probable cause
The failure of the left main gear pivot assembly, resulting in the collapse of the left main landing gear during the landing rollout.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The commercial pilot flight instructor (PIC) was conducting an instructional flight with a rated pilot at pompano beach airpark. After conducting a touch-and-go landing the PIC was informed by the control tower that the left main landing gear was in the trail position. The PIC acknowledged the radio call and returned to the company maintenance base located at Fort Lauderdale executive airport. En route to the destination airport emergency procedures were conducted with negative results. Upon arrival the PIC conducted a low pass by the control tower and verified the unsafe gear condition with a visual examination of the airplane by the control tower and an unsafe landing gear light in the cockpit. The PIC reentered the traffic pattern and landed. On landing rollout the left main landing gear collapsed and the airplane sustained substantial damage. Neither crewmember were injured. Examination of the landing gear by maintenance personnel revealed the main gear pivot assembly had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5338V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0509
- Airframe hours
- 1,538
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ate Of Florida Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ate Of Florida Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 6, 1993 · 30 hours before
- Airport
- FXE · Fort Lauderdale Executive, runway 8, 6,001 × 100 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
- 59
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 6,000 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 13 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FXE, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5338V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.