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PA23 pilot reports a left main landing gear failure after touch down causing damage to the wing and flap. It was later discovered that the pitot static system check was a year out of date.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1082609 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201304 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-23-250 Aztec |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Main Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 14.7 Flight Crew Total 778.7 Flight Crew Type 140.2 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
Upon landing the left gear failed (broke) and gear folded backwards into the wing and flap. Upon checking the aircraft logs; I found the pitot/static system was out of date by approximately 1 year.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA23 pilot reports a left main landing gear failure after touch down causing damage to the wing and flap. It was later discovered that the pitot static system check was a year out of date.
Narrative: Upon landing the left gear failed (broke) and gear folded backwards into the wing and flap. Upon checking the aircraft logs; I found the Pitot/Static system was out of date by approximately 1 year.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.