Accident Beechcraft D95A N64TA, Thursday 20 May 1999

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Date:	Thursday 20 May 1999
Time:	13:20 LT
Type:	Beechcraft D95A
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N64TA
MSN:	TD-568
Total airframe hrs:	6365 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming IO-360-B1B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Englewood, CO - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	(KAPA)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot said he was performing his third touch-and-go landing when during the ground roll the right main landing gear collapsed. The airplane went down on its right wing. Subsequently, the right wing was bent upwards, and the right side of the fuselage was wrinkled. Postaccident examination of the right main landing gear strut, by a private metallurgist contracted by the insurance company, revealed a preexisting fatigue fracture which extended through approximately 50 percent of the strut.

Probable Cause: The collapse of the right main landing gear during landing due to a fatigue crack, in the strut, which had an undetermined origin.

Accident investigation: