Gippsland GA-8 N699AV

Summary

On 28 February 2025 at about 20:58 local time, a Gippsland GA-8 registered N699AV, operated by Air Ventures Hawaii LLC, was involved in an accident near Lihue, Hawaii, United States. 6 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 February 2025 at 20:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Lihue, Hawaii, United States

Nearest airport

Lihue Airport (PHLI)

Coordinates

21.9788, -159.3438

Aircraft

Gippsland GA-8

Registration

N699AV

Category

Airplane

Year built

2006

Engines

1

Operator

Air Ventures Hawaii LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Aerial Observation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lihue → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC25LA021

1 person had minor injuries.

The failure of the right landing gear leg due to a fatigue crack, which resulted in its separation from the airplane during taxi. Contributing to the accident, was the mechanic’s inadequate inspection of the landing gear leg during the last maintenance inspection.

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Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot made a normal approach with full flaps and landed on the runway. While taxiing to parking the right landing gear leg collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage and the right wing. Postaccident examination showed that the right main landing gear leg failed from a fatigue crack that had developed in the gear leg and was not identified during annual maintenance inspections. There were visible oxides, corrosion pits, bubbled paint adjacent to the fracture surface, consistent with the presence of underlying corrosion damage. The fatigue crack should have been discovered during the recent inspection.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.