- Date
- November 26, 2005, 16:30 local (Nov 27, 2005, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Auburn, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7692BBellanca 14-19-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20051126029349A
- Case key
- 62960
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Probable cause
The collapse of the left main landing gear after landing for undetermined reasons.
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 pilot reported that after landing and taxiing off the runway, not using the brakes until the turn, the aircraft stopped past the hold short line. The pilot stated that after the aircraft stopped, he felt the aircraft settling to the left side. After shutting down the engine, the pilot exited the aircraft to find the left main landing gear collapsed and the left wing and left side horizontal stabilizer resting on the ground. An inspection of the aircraft by a Federal Aviation Administration Inspector from the Seattle, Washington, Flight Standards District Office found damage to the left hand wing pitot area and the structural leading edge front spar and lower leading edge spar cap and rib. Additional damage was noted to areas of the wing skin requiring a major repair.
Factual narrative
On November 26, 2005, about 1630 Pacific standard time, a Bellanca 14-19-2, N7692B, registered to McCormicks Airepair LLC, and operated by the pilot as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, experienced a left main landing gear collapse after taxiing off the runway at Auburn Municipal Airport, Auburn, Washington. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the airline transport pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight departed from Bremerton, Washington, about 45 minutes prior to the accident.
In a written statement the pilot reported that after landing and taxiing off the runway, not using the brakes until the turn, the aircraft stopped past the hold short line. The pilot stated that after the aircraft stopped, he felt the aircraft settling to the left side. After shutting down the engine, the pilot exited the aircraft to find the left main landing gear collapsed and the left wing and left side horizontal stabilizer resting on the ground.
An inspection of the aircraft by a Federal Aviation Administration Inspector from the Seattle, Washington, Flight Standards District Office found damage to the left hand wing pitot area and the structural leading edge front spar and lower leading edge spar cap and rib. Additional damage was noted to areas of the wing skin requiring a major repair.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7692B
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-19-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4043
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Randall W. Snodgrass
- Registered owner
- McCormicks Airepair LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KPWT · Bremerton, WA
- Destination
- Auburn, WA
- Airport
- S5O · Auburn Muni, runway 34
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
- 61
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Flight hours
- 9,471 total · 115 in this make and model · 69 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.