Piper PA 24-250 N7803P

Summary

On 19 September 2015 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA 24-250 registered N7803P was involved in an accident near New Orleans, Louisiana, 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

19 September 2015 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

Lakefront Airport (NEW)

Coordinates

30.0425, -90.0283

Aircraft

Piper PA 24-250

Registration

N7803P

Category

Airplane

Year built

1962

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Conway → New Orleans

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN15LA444

Nobody was injured.

The collapse of the landing gear for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was landing the airplane after conducting a cross-country flight. The pilot reported that, after the main landing gear touched down, he heard a "throbbing" sound and thought that the right main landing gear tire had gone flat. The pilot applied left aileron in an attempt to lift the load off the right main tire. The airplane subsequently drifted left, the landing gear collapsed, and the airplane then came to rest upright adjacent to the runway. The pilot reported no anomalies with the landing gear system before landing. The airplane was examined about 1 month after the accident occurred. During the examination, the airplane was resting on a flatbed trailer, and the landing gear system and tires were not accessible; therefore, the reason for the landing gear collapse could not be determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.