At about 14:37 EDT, the landing gear of a Piper PA- 24-250 Comanche collapsed on landing rollout at Naples Municipal Airport. No one was injured. The pilot said she completed the prelanding check and lowered the landing gear about five miles from the airport. She did not see a green light and recycled the landing gear several times with negative results. She contacted Naples tower and asked if they could see the landing gear. She was informed that a medical evacuation aircraft was close by. The medical evacuation pilot informed her that the landing gear appeared to be down. The tower also informed her that the landing gear appeared to be down on short final. A manual gear extension was not attempted based on the medical evacuation pilot and tower reports, even though she had an unsafe landing gear condition. The airplane touched down smoothly but the gear collapsed on rollout.
Sept. 8, Naples, Fla. / Piper Comanche
At about 14:37 EDT, the landing gear of a Piper PA- 24-250 Comanche collapsed on landing rollout at Naples Municipal Airport. No one was injured. The pilot said she completed the prelanding check and lowered the landing gear about five miles from the airport. She did not see a green light and recycled the landing gear several times with negative results. She contacted Naples tower and asked if they could see the landing gear. She was informed that a medical evacuation aircraft was close by. The medical evacuation pilot informed her that the landing gear appeared to be down. The tower also informed her that the landing gear appeared to be down on short final. A manual gear extension was not a...
Key Takeaways:
- A Piper PA-24-250 Comanche's landing gear collapsed on rollout at Naples Municipal Airport, with no injuries reported.
- The pilot initially noted an unsafe gear condition (no green light) and recycled the gear multiple times without success.
- Despite the internal warning, she did not attempt a manual gear extension after external reports from a medical evacuation pilot and the tower indicated the gear *appeared* to be down.
- The aircraft touched down smoothly, but the landing gear subsequently failed during the rollout.
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