<< >> NASA ASRS Report 522753, August 2001

A piper J5 incurred minor damage when the right landing gear collapsed on landing caused by a rusted bungee ear and wrong size bungee cord.

Attributes
ACN	522753
Time
Date	200108
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Piper Single Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : touch and go
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 290 flight time type : 7
ASRS Report	522753
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters other
Independent Detector	other other : person 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Factors
Maintenance	performance deficiency : training performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : inspection
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

I was practicing 'touch and goes' and the right landing gear on the J5 collapsed. The ear holding the bungee cords to the strut separated from the strut. Possible causes are: 1) rust inside of strut weakening strut, or 2) wrong size bungees installed. There was no damage to the plane other than the bungees and strut on the right side.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PIPER J5 INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE R LNDG GEAR COLLAPSED ON LNDG CAUSED BY A RUSTED BUNGEE EAR AND WRONG SIZE BUNGEE CORD.

Narrative: I WAS PRACTICING 'TOUCH AND GOES' AND THE R LNDG GEAR ON THE J5 COLLAPSED. THE EAR HOLDING THE BUNGEE CORDS TO THE STRUT SEPARATED FROM THE STRUT. POSSIBLE CAUSES ARE: 1) RUST INSIDE OF STRUT WEAKENING STRUT, OR 2) WRONG SIZE BUNGEES INSTALLED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE PLANE OTHER THAN THE BUNGEES AND STRUT ON THE R SIDE.

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.