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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA60601 · New Castle, PA · April 27, 1982

Date
April 27, 1982 · 09:45 local
Place
New Castle, PA
Airport
New Castle
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N31EH
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC82DA079
Reported as
Piper PA60601
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540S1A5
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,421 total1,060 in this make and model64 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.

High sink rate on steep banked approach. Wing hit runway in banked atitude. Side load and impact collapsed gear.

As the FAA filed it

HIGH SINK RATE ON STEEP BANKED APPROACH. WING HIT RUNWAY IN BANKED ATITUDE. SIDE LOAD AND IMPACT COLLAPSED GEAR.

NTSB investigation

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