Accident Piper PA-24-250 N5866P, Monday 24 June 2019

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Date:	Monday 24 June 2019
Time:	10:25 LT
Type:	Piper PA-24-250
Owner/operator:
Registration:	N5866P
MSN:	24-949
Year of manufacture:	1959
Engine model:	Lycoming O-540 SERIES
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Greeley-Weld County Airport, CO (GXY/KGXY) - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Greeley-Weld County Airport, CO (GXY/KGXY)
Destination airport:	Greeley-Weld County Airport, CO (GXY/KGXY)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot stated that the final approach and touchdown were uneventful, but then the airplane's right wing 'dipped,â€ the nose veered left, and the airplane departed the runway surface. Witnesses reported that, during the landing, the nose gear contacted the runway first and then the airplane became airborne again. After the second touchdown, the airplane veered left into the grass.

Examination of the airplane revealed that the right main landing gear sustained damage consistent with an excessive side load during landing. There was no evidence of a preimpact mechanical malfunction that would have precluded normal operation. Based on the available information, the accident is consistent with the pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in touchdown on the runway with a side load on the landing gear, failure of the right main gear, and a loss of control.

Probable Cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in failure of the right main landing gear and a subsequent loss of control.

Accident investigation: