- Date
- December 5, 1982, 21:31 local (Dec 6, 1982, 02:31 UTC)
- Place
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N798NBoeing 737-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821205070649I
- Case key
- 73074
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flt from buffalo was reported as choppy & the chop continued during the descent. Wx was noted on the airborne radar sw & nw of the arpt. As the acft approached the outer marker the crew observed cloud to ground lightning near the arpt & were infromed that a thunderstorm was 2-3 mi west of the arpt, moving towards the arpt. The rain was light at the outer marker, but as they proceeded inbound the intensity increased. The plt stated he thought they had more space to flare. He reported that the landing was not hard, but the acft bounced & on the second contact the nose came down to therwy. The nose gear had collapsed aft into the lower fuselage damaging the bulkhead at station 294.5. The flight recorderreadout revealed a sudden increase in airspeed & sink rate during the last 8 secs prior to rwy contact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N798N
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22751
- Airframe hours
- 1,814
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-15, 14,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Piedmont Airlines
- Registered owner
- Piedmont Airlines
- Departed
- Buffalo, NY
- Destination
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- INT · Smith Reynolds, runway 33, 6,654 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 11,500 total · 3,300 in this make and model · 180 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 154 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- INT
FAA reports on this event · 1
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