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February 28, 2025 · Gippsland GA-8 · N699AV

Lihue, HI

Overview

Report Status
Final with probable cause
Event Type
Accident
Date
February 28, 2025
Injury Outcomes
1 injury (1 minor injury), 5 uninjured
Location
Lihue, HI
Aircraft
Gippsland GA-8 (2006)
Tail Number
N699AV
Operator
Air Ventures Hawaii
Injuries
Minor
Aircraft Damage
Substantial
NTSB Number
ANC25LA021

The pilot made a normal approach with full flaps and landed on the runway. While taxiing to parking the right landing gear leg collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage and the right wing. Postaccident examination showed that the right main landing gear leg failed from a fatigue crack that had developed in the gear leg and was not identified during annual maintenance inspections. There were visible oxides, corrosion pits, bubbled paint adjacent to the fracture surface, consistent with the presence of underlying corrosion damage. The fatigue crack should have been discovered during the recent inspection.

NTSB Probable Cause

The failure of the right landing gear leg due to a fatigue crack, which resulted in its separation from the airplane during taxi. Contributing to the accident, was the mechanic’s inadequate inspection of the landing gear leg during the last maintenance inspection.

Full Narrative

On February 28, 2025, about 1058 Hawaii-Aleutian standard time, a Gippsland GA-8 airplane, N699AV, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Lihue, Hawaii. The pilot and four passengers were not injured; one passenger sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 air tour flight. The pilot reported that he made a normal approach with full flaps and landed on runway 21 at the Lihue Airport. While taxiing to parking he made a slow right turn off the runway. As the pilot straightened the airplane out of the turn on to the taxiway, the right landing gear leg collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The right main landing gear fractured at the upper end of the bend near the fuselage attachment point; the right main gear then separated from the airplane. Postaccident examination revealed discoloration and offset grain structure on the fractured gear leg with a 45° shear lip on the right separated gear leg. The left gear leg had a crack in the same location as the failed gear leg. The airplane’s service manual required the landing gear to be inspected visually every 100 hours or during the annual maintenance inspection. The main landing gear had a total of 13,299.2 flight hours. Further examination by the NTSB Materials Laboratory revealed the right main landing gear leg was fractured near the middle of the bend at the upper end of the leg. The outboard side of the fracture was damaged from contact with terrain. The inboard side was relatively undamaged. A flat area with dark features and a curving boundary was observed on the lower side of the fracture, with features consistent with fatigue. Radial marks in the fatigue region emanated from a corrosion pit in the lower surface. Oxides and corrosion pits were observed on the lower surface adjacent to the fracture surface, and paint covering adjacent areas was bubbled, consistent with the presence of underlying corrosion damage. The remainder of the fracture was primarily in the transverse plane and had a mostly matte gray appearance with small shear lips at the edges, features consistent with overstress fracture in the steel tubular section. The plane of fracture changed at the upper side of the fracture consistent with the final segment of fracture from bending loads.

Flight

Event TypeAccident
Event Time10:58 HST
Nearest AirportLihue Airport (0.5nm N)
Runway21
Runway Length6500 ft
Runway Width150 ft
Flight Plan FiledNone
Flight Plan ActivatedNo
Aircraft FireNo
Aircraft ExplosionNo

Aircraft

AircraftGippsland GA-8
Tail NumberN699AV
Aircraft CategoryAir
DamageSubstantial
OperatorAir Ventures Hawaii
Operating RulePart 91
Engines1
Engine TypeReciprocating
Engine DetailsLycoming · IO-540-K145 · Reciprocating · 300
Seats7

People & Injuries

Injury Summary1 injury (1 minor injury), 5 uninjured
Fatal0
Serious0
Minor1
Uninjured5
Total6
Crew 1None
Crew 2None
Crew 3None
Crew 4Age 53 · First Class · None

Conditions

ConditionsVMC
LightDaylight
Wind190° @ 15 kt, gusting 23 kt
Visibility10 sm
CeilingBroken clouds 3100 ft
Temperature / Dew Point70 F
Altimeter30.08 inHg
Observation Time11:25
Weather SourceWFAC

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