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.
NTSB analysis
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.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ANC25LA021 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Feb 28, 2025
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Lihue, Hawaii
- Nearest airport
- Lihue Airport (PHLI)
- Highest injury
- Minor
- Minor injuries
- 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Gippsland GA-8
- N-number
- N699AV
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2006
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial observation
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.