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ERA25LA054

2024-11-17 · Plant City, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport PCM

Current FAA registration · N72WJ

Make / Model
JOLLY WARREN T BAKENG DUCE
Year of manufacture
1988 · 36 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES (140 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19880518
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9A330

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

Failure of the right main landing gear attachment bolt and hold-down nut, resulting in the right main landing gear collapsing.

Factual narrative

While performing a touch-and-go, the pilot stated that he was applying power for his go-around when the right wing started “dropping” and the airplane ground looped, coming to a stop facing west. The pilot commented that he looked straight ahead and saw his right main landing gear laying on the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the main landing gear mounting plate, lower wing strut attach fitting, and surrounding structure. Postaccident inspection revealed that the right inboard mounting bolt and the right outboard forward landing gear strut attachment bracket bolt hold-down nut failed. Subsequently, the hold-down bracket bent, and the right main landing gear separated from the fuselage upon landing.. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Aircraft-Aircraft systems-Landing gear system-Main landing gear attach sec-Failure

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2024_ERA25LA054.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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