# NTSB ATL83IA208: Piper PA-34-200T, N6935C, Muscle Shoals, AL, May 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: May 26, 1983, 14:46 local (19:46 UTC)
- Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
- Coordinates: 34.750328, -87.700584 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7503&lon=-87.7006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5989
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83IA208
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5989/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83IA208

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear strut - failure,total (cause)

## Analysis

THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT FAILED ON LANDING ROLL. THE CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED, THE OWNER WOULD NOT MAKE THE STRUT AVAILABLE FOR TESTING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6935C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6935C-2011-09-27), registration cancelled 2011-09-27, S/N 34-7870167, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-7870167
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360E 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Condor Aero Services
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 3A1, CULLMAN, AL
- Airport: MSL, Muscle Shoals

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, unknown; flight hours: 11 total, 11 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 11 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830526067799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830526067799I), May 26, 1983: Piper PA34200T, Muscle Shoals, AL, Minor damage. Right main gear housing broke after a normal landing.

## Other investigations on N6935C (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98LA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA369), Aug 13, 1998: Piper PA-34-200T (N6935C), Blanding, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate landing flare, causing components of the nose wheel landing gear to fracture.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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