ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173937
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| Date: | Monday 16 February 2015 |
| Time: | 14:45 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Solutions Air Charter |
| Registration: | N727SC |
| MSN: | 31-7305110 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13600 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming LTI0-540-J2BD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW), Chicago, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Indianapolis, IN (MQJ) |
| Chicago, IL (MDW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he executed a normal approach for landing. During the approach, the pilot lowered the landing gear and verified the extended position by checking the landing gear position indicators in the cockpit. Upon touchdown on the runway, the nose landing gear collapsed, and then the right main landing gear collapsed. The airplane then exited the runway surface and came to rest upright. The right wing sustained substantial damage. A postaccident examination of the landing gear system revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The collapse of the nose and right main landing gears during landing for reasons that could not be determined because examination of the landing gear system revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: 2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=727SC
4. https://uk.flightaware.com/resources/registration/N727SC
Location
Images:
Piper N727SC on final for 4R at Chicago Midway. Note the nose gear that failed to extend, the nose gear collapsed on touch down.
Piper N727SC after nose gear collapse at Chicago Midway.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2015 16:57 | Geno | Added |
| 17-Feb-2015 19:41 | Anon. | Updated [Registration] |
| 19-Feb-2015 06:35 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 19-Feb-2015 06:40 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 20-Feb-2015 07:16 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Feb-2015 23:24 | Geno | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 19-Aug-2017 16:03 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2017 16:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2017 12:35 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Feb-2020 22:51 | Captain Adam | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
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