- Date
- August 31, 1984, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Montague Island, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3988MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840831046069A
- Case key
- 4361
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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
The acft was landed hard and the main landing gear collapsed. According to the plt the landing gear bunger cords broke and there was no safety cable to keep the gear from collapsing. The landing area was a narrow gravel strip running northand south, 1600 ft in length. The plt said the gear collapse was the result of the hard landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3988M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 123004
- Airframe hours
- 3,002
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-O2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Herbert P. Schroeder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 29, 1983 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- runway 36, 1,600 × 20 ft, dirt
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 109 total · 65 in this make and model · 66 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
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 N3988M · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.