AAIB investigation to Piper PA-28R-200, G-BCPG
Piper PA-28R-200 (G-BCPG), left main landing gear leg collapsed during taxi, Teesside International Airport, Durham, 21 April 2024
During taxi, the left main landing gear collapsed aft. Inspection of the landing gear installation revealed that the landing gear retainer tube assembly had unscrewed which released one of the gear’s two mounting points. The forces encountered by the landing gear leg during the taxi, tore the leg out of the remaining forward mounting point, causing significant damage to the left wheel well, landing gear and wing.
The manufacturer will be updating the aircraft maintenance manual to include a torque setting for the retainer tube bolt in the next revision of the manual.
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