<< >> NASA ASRS Report 837761, May 2009

A PA28 landing gear apparently collapsed after landing even though the gear lever was reportedly down and locked.

Attributes
ACN	837761
Time
Date	200905
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Landing Gear
Person 1
Function	Trainee Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 14.4 Flight Crew Total 281 Flight Crew Type 28.5
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

On the downwind leg of runway; the gear down before landing checklist was completed; the gear was placed in the down and locked position; and the aircraft was configured to land. A short approach was executed and upon touch down a scraping sound emanated from beneath the fuselage. After stopping; the aircraft was shut down and both occupants exited. On the ground the gear lever was verified to be in the down position; the gear doors were open; and the gear partially extended. The tower controller confirmed that the gear was in the down position prior to landing. There were no injuries or property damage other than minor damage to the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PA28 landing gear apparently collapsed after landing even though the gear lever was reportedly down and locked.

Narrative: On the downwind leg of runway; the gear down before landing checklist was completed; the gear was placed in the down and locked position; and the aircraft was configured to land. A short approach was executed and upon touch down a scraping sound emanated from beneath the fuselage. After stopping; the aircraft was shut down and both occupants exited. On the ground the gear lever was verified to be in the down position; the gear doors were open; and the gear partially extended. The Tower Controller confirmed that the gear was in the down position prior to landing. There were no injuries or property damage other than minor damage to the aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.