19880115000669A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Florence, SC · January 15, 1988

Date
January 15, 1988 · 19:48 local
Place
Florence, SC
Airport
Florence Regional
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N268NA
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88LA080
Reported as
Piper PA44180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360E1A6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
691 total86 in this make and model175 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Left main gear partially collapsed on touch and go. Veered off into a snowbank. Side load pulled out truss bracket.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT MAIN GEAR PARTIALLY COLLAPSED ON TOUCH AND GO. VEERED OFF INTO A SNOWBANK. SIDE LOAD PULLED OUT TRUSS BRACKET.

NTSB investigation

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