- Date
- June 1, 1982, 17:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Stevenson, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28945Piper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820601020129A
- Case key
- 72730
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Analysis
Main gear retracted during landing roll. A faulty relay was found in the retracting system. Piper part number 484373.
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.
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,gear locking mechanism - failure,totalCause
Electrical system,electric relay - deterioratedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28945
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8070062
- Airframe hours
- 881
- Engine
- Continental TISO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Anderson Chemical Company
- Registered owner
- Anderson Chemical Company
- Departed
- Macon, GA
- Destination
- Nassau, Bahamas
- Airport
- Bridgeport Municipal, runway 8, 5,000 × 150 ft, macadam
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,313 total · 743 in this make and model · 2,213 as pilot in command · 108 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 194 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.