- Date
- May 24, 1983, 09:54 local (13:54 UTC)
- Place
- Augusta, GA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66AHPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830524026309A
- Case key
- 6070
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landed hard, boundced several times and collapsed the nose gear. An ATC specialist on duty said he observed theacft bounce and each time it bounced it seemed to bounce higher. On the fourth bounce the nose gear collapsed. The acft skidded 200 feet on the runway and came to rest on the left side of the runway about 3500 ft from the approach end of the runway. The four occupants were not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66AH
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7670220
- Airframe hours
- 2,891
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Execuaire Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 27, 1983 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- LRA · Toledo, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AGS · Bush Field, runway 26, 6,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,823 total · 353 in this make and model · 2,613 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AGS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N66AH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.