PIPER PA-32R-300 near Gettysburg, SD — 2022-06-05
Final reportCEN22LA257
- Date
- 2022-06-05
- Location
- Gettysburg, SD, USA
- Airport
- 0D8
- Aircraft
- PIPER PA-32R-300
- Registration
- N901BW
- Category
- Airplane
- Highest injury
- None
- Fatalities
- 0
- Phase of flight
- Landing
Probable cause
An inadvertent hard landing by the pilot.
NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that the landing was “harder than normal” but otherwise uneventful. However, about 2,000 ft down the runway during the rollout, the nose landing gear collapsed. A postaccident examination determined that the right nose landing gear attachment on the engine mount had separated in tensile and shear overstress fracture. The hard landing likely fractured the engine mount and separated the attachment foot, resulting in the nose landing gear collapse during rollout.
Analysis
- Primary failure mode
- Mechanical failure
NTSB coding
Evidence available
- Photos
- 7 docket documents
Docket documents7
- PILOT/OPERATOR AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT, NTSB FORM 6120.1form
- RELEASE OF AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE, NTSB FORM 6120.15form
- STATEMENT OF PARTY REPRESENTATIVES TO NTSB INVESTIGATIONform
- AIRPLANE PARTS CATALOG -- EXCERPTother
- MAINTENANCE RECORDS -- AIRFRAMEother
- NTSB MATERIALS LAB EXAMINATION FINDINGSother
- INVESTIGATION PHOTOSphotos
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