- Date
- June 16, 1989, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eek, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N32062Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890616016129A
- Case key
- 5199
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Probable cause
Failure of the center torque link bolt on the right main gear.
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 a landing, the right main gear separated from the acft & damaged the stabilator. Subsequently, the acft was stopped near the midpoint of the rwy with the right wingtip about 4 ft off the edge. An exam revealed the center torque link bolt had failed & allowed the oleo strut to come loose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32062
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 327540011
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Kuko Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 11, 1989 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- KWN · Quinhagak, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- EEK · Eek, runway 35, 1,300 × 40 ft, gravel
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 220 in the last 90 days · 120 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N32062 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.