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GA flight instructor reported the landing gear collapsed after a bounced landing by the pilot in training.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1583915 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201810 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-30 Twin Comanche |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Landing Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 5500 Flight Crew Type 600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
We were in the process of doing touch and goes. We had done two of them and the third landing was going to be a full stop. We came in on the approach in a very stable pitch and power setting. By that I mean 90 to 95 knots and 500 to 600 feet per minute for the descent. The student started his flare late and came down hard and bounced the aircraft back into the air. When this occurred he added power to get the plane flying again but when we came down the gear collapsed and we struck both the right and left props of the aircraft. There were no injuries and it seemed or appeared that the gear had folded into the wheel wells. We then exited the aircraft and airport security gave us a ride back to the hanger. The student did call for gear down before landing checklist abeam the 1000ft markers on the downwind leg. The gear handle was down when we exited the aircraft .
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GA flight instructor reported the landing gear collapsed after a bounced landing by the pilot in training.
Narrative: We were in the process of doing touch and goes. We had done two of them and the third landing was going to be a full stop. We came in on the approach in a very stable pitch and power setting. By that I mean 90 to 95 knots and 500 to 600 feet per minute for the descent. The student started his flare late and came down hard and bounced the aircraft back into the air. When this occurred he added power to get the plane flying again but when we came down the gear collapsed and we struck both the right and left props of the aircraft. There were no injuries and it seemed or appeared that the gear had folded into the wheel wells. We then exited the aircraft and airport security gave us a ride back to the hanger. The student did call for gear down before landing checklist abeam the 1000ft markers on the downwind leg. The gear handle was down when we exited the aircraft .
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.