- Date
- December 20, 1982, 15:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N41336Piper PA-34-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821220064699A
- Case key
- 70314
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Analysis
The pilot landed on runway 23 with winds that were variable from 250 to 290 deg at 14 gusting 24 KTS. With these winds, the maximum crosswind component would have been about 21 KTS. The maximum demonstrated crosswind component for this aircraft was 15 KTS. The pilot reported that during landing, he felt a severe vibration that begun about 300 ft after touchdown, and subsequently, the left main gear collapsed. An examination of the landing gear revealed that the left main gear truss bracket stud, pn 78717-2, had failed from overload forces. No evidence of fatigue was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41336
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7450109
- Airframe hours
- 5,679
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1E6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Bankair, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Dickerson Associates
- Departed
- C · Cheraw, SC
- Destination
- C · Columbia, SC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CAE · Columbia, runway 23, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 800 in this make and model · 86 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.