19790220007359A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32RT-300 · Phoenix, AZ · February 20, 1979

Date
February 20, 1979 · 12:00 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix Deer Vall
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N31973
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79FUJ48
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,113 total62 in this make and model41 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Left main landing gear collapsed during landing roll. Airplane ran off side of runway into ditch.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL. AIRPLANE RAN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO DITCH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.