# NTSB ATL83LA097: Piper PA-28R-200, N40863, Hampton, SC, February 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 12, 1983, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Hampton, SC
- Location: 32.8665° N, 81.0810° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAMPTON COUNTY (3J0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8665&lon=-81.0810&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6003
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6003/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA097

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT COLLAPSED DURING A HARD LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE CLEARED TALL PINE TREES NORTH OF THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT 90 MHP (78 KTS). SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SINK 'REAL FAST'. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TRIED TO CORRECT THE SINK RATE BUT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD COLLAPSING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND DAMAGING THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEARS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N40863](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40863-1990-04-17), registration cancelled 1990-04-17, S/N 28R7435136 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (registry code 7102811) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-743536
- Airframe hours: 752
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-C1C 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: J.W. Fowler
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 2, 1982, 20 hours before
- Departed: 33A, LANDRUM, SC
- Airport: 3J0, Hampton-Varnville, runway 29, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,135 total, 285 in this make and model, 1,090 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 1 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SAV, 45 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

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

- [Accident 19830212003869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830212003869A), Feb 12, 1983: Piper PA28R200, Hampton, SC, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing causing landing gear to collapse.

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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