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| Date: | Thursday 12 September 2019 |
| Time: | 03:25 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23-250 Aztec |
| Owner/operator: | Executive Airshares LLC |
| Registration: | N269KW |
| MSN: | 27-3275 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5250 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-J4A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Saint Thomas-Cyril E. King Airport (STT/TIST) -
 U.S. Virgin Islands
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Saint Thomas-Cyril E. King Airport (STT/TIST) |
| Saint Croix-Henry E. Rohlsen Airport (STX/TISX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot reported that while back-taxiing at night on the takeoff runway, he cycled the propeller twice, pulled the throttle back to idle, and heard an irregular noise. He then felt ground contact, consistent with the airplane's left main landing gear collapsing. He immediately shut off the mixtures to both engines. The pilot reported that he did not recognize that the landing gear was slowly collapsing because of the dark night conditions. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing.
Postaccident examination of the landing gear system revealed no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Therefore, the reason for the landing gear collapse could not be determined.
Probable Cause: The collapse of the left main landing gear for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA19LA279
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 March 2009 | N269KW | Lion Aviation Corp | 0 | Near Daytona Beach, Florida |  |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-May-2023 05:17 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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