# NTSB ATL83LA196: Piper PA-34-200T, N66AH, Augusta, GA, May 24, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 24, 1983, 09:54 local (13:54 UTC)
- Place: Augusta, GA
- Coordinates: 33.449115, -81.990776 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4491&lon=-81.9908&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6070
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA196
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6070/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA196

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66AH-2009-09-23), registration cancelled 2009-09-23, S/N 34-7670220, built 1976 (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: 34-7670220
- Airframe hours: 2891
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830524026309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830524026309A), May 24, 1983: Piper PA34200T, Augusta, GA, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised landing. Failed to correct or go around. Impact collapsed the nose gear on final bounce.

## Other investigations on N66AH (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 NYC08LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA144), Mar 22, 2008: Piper PA-34-200T (N66AH), Covington, TN, destroyed. Probable cause: A fire of undetermined origin.

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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