Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Curtis C46AAIRLIFT

Difficulty date
November 9, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Curtis C46AAIRLIFT
Engine
Pwa R280051M3
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Collapsed
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) ON A LOCAL FLIGHT WHEN ACFT LANDED, AT ROLL OUT, THE RT MLG COLLAPSED. THE ACFT WAS HOISTED FROM SLING POINT AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOCKED DOWN. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS A HAMMER WAS LT IN THE GEAR WELL, GOT LODGED IN THE DRAG STRUT SCISSOR ASSY AND TRIPPED THE GEAR FROM THE DOWNLOCK. THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE ACFT.