- Date
- March 19, 1983, 11:47 local (15:47 UTC)
- Place
- Palmer, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N47895Piper PA34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830319032769I
- Case key
- 4084
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During touch go landing the student pilot placed the landinggear handle in the up polition while still on the ground, and immediately placed it in the down position. The gear collapsed. The instructor stated that the student appeared to be fatigued.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47895
- Reported as
- Piper PA34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7870012
- Airframe hours
- 3,568
- Engine
- Continental TSIO 360EB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph Wilbur
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 18, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- PAQ · Palmer, runway 15, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,905 total · 140 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N47895 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.