19821001050349A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA36285 · Mattawa, WA · October 1, 1982

Date
October 1, 1982 · 13:30 local
Place
Mattawa, WA
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N57608
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA83LA002
Reported as
Piper PA36285
Reported engine
Lycoming IO720A1B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,465 total350 in this make and model300 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 gear hit a soft spot on landing on a road. Airplane veered off into a ditch, collapsed right main gear.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT MAIN GEAR HIT A SOFT SPOT ON LANDING ON A ROAD. AIRPLANE VEERED OFF INTO A DITCH, COLLAPSED RIGHT MAIN 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.