Piper PA-28R-200 N5057S
14 November 2021 · Boulder City, Nevada, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 14 November 2021 at about 22:23 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N5057S was involved in an accident near Boulder City, Nevada, United States. 2 people were 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.
The record
- Date
- at 22:23
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Boulder City, Nevada, United States
- Nearest airport
- Boulder City Muni (BVU)
- Coordinates
- 35.9487, -114.8556
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Registration
- N5057S
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1970
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Santa Maria → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR22LA040
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The installation of an improper right main landing gear door rod-end bolt, which resulted in the right main landing gear not extending during landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During an approach to the airport, the right main landing gear would not extend. The pilot cycled the landing gear and made several abrupt, high-G maneuvers to try and free the right main landing gear from its retracted position. Despite his actions, the right main landing gear would not extend. During the landing, the airplane sustained substantial damage to the aft fuselage and right wing. During the postaccident examination of the airplane, the right main landing gear wheel well exhibited mechanical damage consistent with contact from the threaded end of the right gear door rod-end bolt. The right main landing gear door rod-end bolt had about 4 additional threads than the bolt used on the left main landing gear. The bolt was removed, and its length was 1-4/25 inch, which was about 1/8 inch longer than the correctly installed bolt, which measured 1-1/32 inch. It is likely that during the accident flight, the right main landing gear could not fully extend due to the right gear door rod-end bolt positioning itself on the inside of the landing gear wheel well, preventing the landing gear from extending.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-28R accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2021 | Piper PA-28R-200 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | US Aviators | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 2021 | Piper PA-28R-180 | Corpus Christi, Texas, United States | Miguel Hernandez | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 Sep 2021 | Piper PA-28R-200 | Page, Arizona, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 19 Nov 2021 | Piper PA-28R-200 | Glens Falls, New York, United States | Warren County Flying Club Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 Sep 2022 | Piper PA-28R-201 | Conway, South Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 8 Sep 2022 | Piper PA-28R-200 | Meridianville, Alabama, United States | Redstone Arsenal Flying Activity | Minor injuries | - |
All 1,342 records for this type
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