- Date
- March 28, 1982, 13:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Lexington Park, MD
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N81573Piper PA-32-301T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820328013219I
- Case key
- 71425
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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.
Nose gear collapsed
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The pilot stated that while decelerating through approximately 50 knots on landing rollout he lowered the nose. The nose gear collapsed after encountering a soft spot on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81573
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32 8024004
- Airframe hours
- 365
- Engine
- Lycoming TSO-520-51AD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack Aalseth
- Registered owner
- Jack Aalseth
- Departed
- Chantilly, VA
- Destination
- Huntington, WV
- Airport
- Park Hall, runway 18, 1,800 × 200 ft, grass/turf
N81573Registered now · Piper PA-32-301TAirframe modelPiper PA-32-301TEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 41 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 122 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.