Piper PA-32R-300 N8985C

Summary

On 1 January 2010 at about 01:45 local time, a Piper PA-32R-300 registered N8985C, operated by Ram Air Freight Inc., was involved in an accident near Concord, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 January 2010 at 01:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Concord, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Concord Regional (JQF)

Coordinates

35.3917, -80.7083

Aircraft

Piper PA-32R-300

Registration

N8985C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Ram Air Freight Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Raleigh → Concord

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

ERA10LA108

Nobody was injured.

A missing right main landing gear aft trunnion mount attachment nut.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While landing following an uneventful flight, the right main landing gear collapsed. An inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration found that an attachment bolt and retainer assembly had backed out of the aft landing gear trunnion assembly. The landing gear then separated at the aft trunnion. The barrel nut that held the attachment bolt was missing, and was not subsequently located. The inspector also noted no evidence of any pertinent maintenance performed within the previous year. Following the accident, the operator inspected all 30 fleet airplanes with no similar anomalies noted. In addition, all aircraft maintenance technicians were briefed on the accident and alerted to the area where the gear attachment hardware separated.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.