19840524018589A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA24260 · Pontiac, MI · May 24, 1984

Date
May 24, 1984 · 15:33 local
Place
Pontiac, MI
Airport
Oakland
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N499LG
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI84LA205
Reported as
Piper PA24260
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540D4A5
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
775 total522 in this make and model15 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.

Aircraft landed in a drift from a crosswind which caused landing gear to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A DRIFT FROM A CROSSWIND WHICH CAUSED LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

NTSB investigation

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