GA small aircraft gear collapsed on takeoff after hitting a pothole.

Attributes
ACN	173199
Time
Date	199103
Day	Sat
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 71tx
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 280 flight time type : 240
ASRS Report	173199
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

During takeoff roll the gear retracted after the aircraft ran over a pothole.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMA GEAR COLLAPSED ON TKOF AFTER HITTING A POTHOLE.

Narrative: DURING TKOF ROLL THE GEAR RETRACTED AFTER THE ACFT RAN OVER A POTHOLE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.