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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Chelan, WA · July 23, 2021

Date
July 23, 2021 · 18:00 local
Place
Chelan, WA
Airport
Lake Chelan
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N315JT
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
919 total257 in this make and model2 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.

On final approach pilot landed short of the runway and hit the asphalt at the end of the runway causing the left main tire to blow out. The aircraft pulled to the left, and when it left the runway the gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

ON FINAL APPROACH PILOT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND HIT THE ASPHALT AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN TIRE TO BLOW OUT. THE AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE LEFT, AND WHEN IT LEFT THE RUNWAY THE GEAR COLLAPSED.