Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Namer AT6D

Difficulty date
March 12, 2021
Submitted
March 12, 2021
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N42GK
Make and model
Namer AT6D
Aircraft serial
8810577
Aircraft time
590 hours, 5,957 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Part number
AN847
Condition
Sheared
Location
Zone 700
Part time
590 hours, 5,957 cycles
Component
Rt Main Landing · Bendix
Component part number
65810
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT N42GK DEPARTED FROM THE INDIANTOWN AIRPO RT (X58) FROM RUNWAY R-13 ( A GRASS RUNWAY) AND APPROXIMATELY 1.0 HR. LATER, LANDED ON RUNWAY 15 AT THE POMPANO BEACH AIRP ARK (KPMP). UPON THE ROLL OUT, AND WHILE AT TAXI SPEED, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.DURING THE POST INCIDENT INSPECTION FOUND BROKEN BOLT RIGHT HAND UPPER STRUT ASSEMBLY AND THE SCISSOR (ANTI ROTATION / EXTENSION LINK ). PART NUMBER IS IN REPORT. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, WHEEL HUBS, AND LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS. AIRCRAFT TOOK OF FROM A GRASS FIELD WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR BUT IT CANNOT BE DETERMINED. THE REPORT WILL BE CLOSE DUE TO A DAMAGE BOLT ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR.