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PA-44 flight instructor reported a landing gear indication issue that ultimately led to a gear collapse on landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1509055 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201801 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-44 Seminole/Turbo Seminole |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Main Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft |
Narrative:
On returning from a training flight my student was instructed to enter left downwind; when we were mid-field downwind he attempted to drop gear and we got no indication on left main landing gear. I attempted to bring gear up and back down but it still didn't show down and locked indication on left main. We then attempted rearranging gear lights to see if we had light malfunction but that didn't solve problem. We then requested frequency change to speak to company about landing gear issue and worked with tower to maintain traffic pattern. After speaking with company we arranged to do low pass so maintenance could look at gear and see if it was down. After completing this we decided to attempt landing and went ahead and [advised ATC] just in case gear failed. During landing I took over and personally landed aircraft and attempted to land as slow and soft as possible. However; after touching down; during roll out left main landing gear started collapsing at which time I tried to maintain aircraft on runway and bring to a stop. After stopping we completed shutdown of all systems and checked for injuries and then evacuated from airplane.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA-44 Flight Instructor reported a landing gear indication issue that ultimately led to a gear collapse on landing.
Narrative: On returning from a training flight my student was instructed to enter left downwind; when we were mid-field downwind he attempted to drop gear and we got no indication on left main landing gear. I attempted to bring gear up and back down but it still didn't show down and locked indication on left main. We then attempted rearranging gear lights to see if we had light malfunction but that didn't solve problem. We then requested frequency change to speak to company about landing gear issue and worked with tower to maintain traffic pattern. After speaking with company we arranged to do low pass so maintenance could look at gear and see if it was down. After completing this we decided to attempt landing and went ahead and [advised ATC] just in case gear failed. During landing I took over and personally landed aircraft and attempted to land as slow and soft as possible. However; after touching down; during roll out left main landing gear started collapsing at which time I tried to maintain aircraft on runway and bring to a stop. After stopping we completed shutdown of all systems and checked for injuries and then evacuated from airplane.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.