Landing Gear-Related Mishaps
Certified, piston-engine retractable gear aircraft
Data valid 9/8/2004 through 12/31/2006
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There were 31 reported Landing Gear-Related Mishaps in December 2006, with a low-end estimated insurance payout of US $1.25 million The aviation insurance industry continues to pay on average well over $1 million every month in LGRM claims.
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Definitions
Total Reports Total number of reported mishaps (FAA, NTSB, and unofficial sources) involving that make and model of airplane
LGRM Landing gear related mishap (from FAA, NTSB and unofficial sources. Does not count "hard landings", runway excursions, etc that
precede a gear collapse.)
Gear Up Landing with gear less than fully extended; no known mechanical cause
Gear Collapse Gear did not remain down after extension; no known mechanical cause
Mech Known mechanical failure of extension mechanism or gear leading to a gear up or gear collapse mishap
Contributing factors
Dual Dual flight instruction underway at the time of mishap
T&G Touch and go takeoffs/landings
Wind Wind (steady or gusts) at or above 15 knots
Elect Electrical failure
Hydr Hydraulic failure
Mnx Mishap occurred during a maintenance test flight
Pilot Known pilot-activated inadvertent gear retraction
% of LGRM of that type of mishap
% of total mishap reports for that type of aircraft
Aircraft | Total | Phase | Contributors | % | ||||||||||
Type | Reports | Incidents | Lng | T/O | Taxi | Dual | T&G | Wind | Elect | Hydr | Mnx | Pilot | LGRM | |
Gear up | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
AC200 | 1 | Collapse | 0.0% | |||||||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 0 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
AC500 | 10 | Collapse | 2 | 2 | 20.0% | |||||||||
Mech | 1 | 1 | 10.0% | |||||||||||
Total | 3 | 30.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Be17 | 3 | Collapse | 1 | 1 | 33.3% | |||||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 1 | 33.3% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 1 | 1 | 9.1% | |||||||||||
Be18 | 11 | Collapse | 4 | 4 | 36.4% | |||||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 5 | 45.5% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20.8% | ||||||||
Be24 | 24 | Collapse | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37.5% | |||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 14 | 58.3% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 51 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 20.6% | |||||||||
Be33/35 | 247 | Collapse | 41 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16.6% | ||||
/36 | Mech | 4 | 4 | 1.6% | ||||||||||
Total | 96 | 38.9% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Be45 | 2 | Collapse | 0.0% | |||||||||||
(T-34) | Mech | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
Total | 0 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Be50 | 2 | Collapse | 0.0% | |||||||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 0 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 15 | 15 | 1 | 18.1% | ||||||||||
Be55/56 | 83 | Collapse | 24 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 28.9% | |||||
/58 | Mech | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | ||||||||||
Total | 40 | 48.2% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.7% | ||||||||||
Be60 | 13 | Collapse | 4 | 4 | 1 | 30.8% | ||||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 5 | 38.5% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 1 | 100.0% | ||||||||||||
Be65 | 1 | Collapse | 0.0% | |||||||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 1 | 100.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 1 | 1 | 5.9% | |||||||||||
Be76 | 17 | Collapse | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47.1% | ||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 9 | 52.9% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Be95 | 11 | Collapse | 4 | 4 | 1 | 36.4% | ||||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 4 | 36.4% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11.1% | ||||||||||
BL14/19 | 36 | Collapse | 7 | 7 | 1 | 19.4% | ||||||||
/17 | Mech | 1 | 1 | 2.8% | ||||||||||
Total | 12 | 33.3% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 43.6% | ||||||||
C172RG | 39 | Collapse | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15.4% | ||||||
Mech | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17.9% | ||||||||
Total | 28 | 71.8% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 38.6% | |||||||||
C177RG | 44 | Collapse | 8 | 8 | 1 | 18.2% | ||||||||
Mech | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19.4% | |||||||||
Total | 31 | 70.5% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 9 | 9 | 1 | 22.5% | ||||||||||
C182RG | 40 | Collapse | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22.5% | |||||||
Mech | 2 | 2 | 5.0% | |||||||||||
Total | 20 | 50.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 42 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23.0% | ||||||
C210 | 183 | Collapse | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9.8% | |||||
Mech | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4.9% | |||||||||
Total | 69 | 37.7% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
C303 | 2 | Collapse | 0.0% | |||||||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 0 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 6 | 6 | 9.7% | |||||||||||
C310/320 | 62 | Collapse | 27 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 43.5% | ||||
Mech | 6 | 6 | 9.7% | |||||||||||
Total | 39 | 62.9% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 4 | 4 | 23.5% | |||||||||||
C337 | 17 | Collapse | 2 | 2 | 11.8% | |||||||||
Mech | 1 | 1 | 5.9% | |||||||||||
Total | 7 | 41.2% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
C340 | 16 | Collapse | 7 | 5 | 2 | 43.8% | ||||||||
Mech | 3 | 3 | 18.8% | |||||||||||
Total | 10 | 62.5% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14.7% | ||||||||
C401/402 | 34 | Collapse | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35.3% | |||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 17 | 50.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.2% | ||||||||||
C411/414 | 65 | Collapse | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 29.2% | |||||||
/421 | Mech | 3 | 3 | 4.6% | ||||||||||
Total | 26 | 40.0% | ||||||||||||
Commander | Gear up | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23.8% | ||||||||
112/114 | 21 | Collapse | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19.0% | |||||
115 | Mech | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
Total | 9 | 42.9% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
DC-3 | 3 | Collapse | 1 | 1 | 33.3% | |||||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 1 | 33.3% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |||||||||||
GA-7 | 1 | Collapse | 0.0% | |||||||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 1 | 100.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 1 | 1 | 9.1% | |||||||||||
GC-1B | 11 | Collapse | 3 | 3 | 27.3% | |||||||||
Swift | Mech | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
Total | 4 | 36.4% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Grumman | 5 | Collapse | 1 | 1 | 20.0% | |||||||||
Amphibs | Mech | 1 | 1 | 20.0% | ||||||||||
Total | 2 | 40.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
GA7 | 1 | Collapse | 0.0% | |||||||||||
Mech | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |||||||||||
Total | 1 | 100.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
L18/ | 2 | Collapse | 0.0% | |||||||||||
H500 | Mech | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
Total | 0 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 5 | 5 | 38.5% | |||||||||||
Lake | 13 | Collapse | 2 | 2 | 15.4% | |||||||||
Mech | 2 | 2 | 15.4% | |||||||||||
Total | 9 | 69.2% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 49 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 28.8% | |||||||
M20 | 170 | Collapse | 26 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15.3% | |||
Mech | 5 | 5 | 2.9% | |||||||||||
Total | 80 | 47.1% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Micco/ | 5 | Collapse | 2 | 2 | 40.0% | |||||||||
MAC145 | Mech | 2 | 2 | 40.0% | ||||||||||
Total | 4 | 80.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27.3% | |||||||||
Navion | 22 | Collapse | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13.6% | ||||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 9 | 40.9% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 3 | 3 | 5.4% | |||||||||||
PA23 | 56 | Collapse | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19.6% | |||||||
Mech | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.8% | ||||||||||
Total | 15 | 26.8% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 18 | 18 | 2 | 25.7% | ||||||||||
PA24 | 70 | Collapse | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25.7% | |||||
Mech | 1 | 1 | 1.4% | |||||||||||
Total | 37 | 52.9% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 25 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 26.0% | ||||||||
PA28R | 96 | Collapse | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19.8% | ||||
Mech | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4.2% | ||||||||||
Total | 48 | 50.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 2 | 2 | 12.5% | |||||||||||
PA30/39 | 16 | Collapse | 2 | 2 | 12.5% | |||||||||
Mech | 1 | 1 | 6.3% | |||||||||||
Total | 5 | 31.3% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14.7% | ||||||||||
PA31 | 34 | Collapse | 4 | 4 | 11.8% | |||||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 9 | 26.5% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 10 | 10 | 1 | 15.9% | ||||||||||
PA32R | 63 | Collapse | 11 | 11 | 1 | 17.5% | ||||||||
Mech | 2 | 2 | 3.2% | |||||||||||
Total | 23 | 36.5% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 14.3% | |||||||||
PA34 | 63 | Collapse | 24 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 38.1% | |||||
Mech | 1 | 1 | 1.6% | |||||||||||
Total | 34 | 54.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21.7% | ||||||||||
PA44 | 23 | Collapse | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 56.5% | |||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 18 | 78.3% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.3% | ||||||||||
PA46 | 30 | Collapse | 2 | 2 | 6.7% | |||||||||
Mech | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6.7% | ||||||||||
Total | 5 | 16.7% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 2 | 2 | 10.0% | |||||||||||
PA60/ | 20 | Collapse | 4 | 4 | 20.0% | |||||||||
AS601/2 | Mech | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
Total | 6 | 30.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
RC3 | 4 | Collapse | 3 | 3 | 75.0% | |||||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 3 | 75.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | |||||||||||
S-205/SF-206 | 4 | Collapse | 0.0% | |||||||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 2 | 50.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | |||||||||||
TB20/21 | 4 | Collapse | 0.0% | |||||||||||
Mech | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
Total | 2 | 50.0% | ||||||||||||
Gear up | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
YAK52/ | 14 | Collapse | 5 | 5 | 1 | 35.7% | ||||||||
CJ-6 | Mech | 1 | 1 | 7.1% | ||||||||||
Total | 6 | 42.9% | ||||||||||||
Synopsis 9/8/04 - 12/31/06 | ||||||||||||||
Phase | Contributors | |||||||||||||
Reports | LGRMs | Lng | T/O | Taxi | Dual | T&G | Wind | Elect | Hydr | Mnx | Pilot | |||
1703 | 770 | 713 | 15 | 14 | 49 | 24 | 52 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
Percent of total LGRMs | 92.6% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 6.4% | 3.1% | 6.8% | 2.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% | ||||
45.2% | Percentage of all reported mishaps that were LGRMs | |||||||||||||
43.4% | Percentage of LGRMs that were Gear Up reports | |||||||||||||
48.1% | Percentage of LGRMs that were Gear Collapse reports | |||||||||||||
8.6% | Percentage of LGRMs that were known Mechanical LGRMs | |||||||||||||
(The sum of percentages may not precisely equal 100%) | ||||||||||||||
$30,800,000.00 | Estimated insurance claims cost (@industry US$40,000 per LGRM claim average, low end average) | |||||||||||||
$46,200,000.00 | Estimated insurance claims cost (@industry US$60,000 per LGRM claim average, high end average) | |||||||||||||
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