# NTSB ANC83IA058: Piper PA34-200T, N47895, Palmer, AK, March 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: March 19, 1983, 11:47 local (15:47 UTC)
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Coordinates: 61.61988, -148.980438 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6199&lon=-148.9804&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4084
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83IA058
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4084/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83IA058

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Gear collapsed, takeoff
  - landing gear,gear lever - improper (cause)
  - procedures/directives - improper use of, dual student (cause)
  - procedures/directives - inattentive, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47895), registered now, S/N 34-7870012, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34-200T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-7870012
- Airframe hours: 3568
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830319032769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830319032769I), Mar 19, 1983: Piper PA34200T, Palmer, AK, Minor damage. Landing gear was retracted by mistake on a practice touch and go landing.

## Other investigations on N47895 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC89IA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89IA068), May 4, 1989: Piper PA-34-200T (N47895), Cordova, AK, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE UPPER TRUNION BOLT WHICH NORMALLY HOLDS THE UPPER PORTION OF THE OVER CENTER DOWN LINK.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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