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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28R200 · Bunnell, FL · September 24, 1988

Date
September 24, 1988 · 08:40 local
Place
Bunnell, FL
Airport
Flagler County Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
GETA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N15513
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA88LA276
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
173 total9 in this make and model74 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 while back taxiing for takeoff. Landing gear micro switch had shorted.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE BACK TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. LANDING GEAR MICRO SWITCH HAD SHORTED.

NTSB investigation

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