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Event LAX87LA170
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AT THE END OF A PLEASURE CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE PLT REPORTED THAT UPON LANDING, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, THE PLT CORRECTED TO THE RIGHT. THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AGAIN AND THE PLT CORRECTED TO THE RIGHT. THE ACFT THEN BEGAN TO TURN IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION WHEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. INSPECTION OF THE LANDING SIGHT AND ACFT SHOWED TRACEABLE SIGNATURES WERE LEFT BY BOTH MAIN TIRES ON THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS COLLAPSED INWARD. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SEPARATED FROM ITS TRUNNION FITTING, AND WAS PULLED OUT TOWARD THE RIGHT WING TIP. LATERAL STRESSES WERE SUCH ON THE NOSE GEAR THAT IT WAS BENT SIDEWAYS TO THE RIGHT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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