- Date
- February 15, 1984, 20:23 local (Feb 16, 1984, 01:23 UTC)
- Place
- Atlanta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6070DPiper PA-60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6312
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Analysis
While on final approach the plt noted an unsafe nose gear indication. Tower personnel were unable to determine gear position during a fly-by. During landing touchdown the nose gear collapsed. Investigation revealed the acft had a brokenbolt in the nose gear steering dampner. This damage had occurred during ground handling prior to departure but a mechanic told the pilot it was ok to operate the acft.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6070D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 600679796121
- Airframe hours
- 9,308
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-G1BS, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Top Light Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CLT · Charlotte, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ATL · Hartsfield International, runway 27R, 8,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,320 total · 460 in this make and model · 3,100 as pilot in command · 287 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 6 nm away
Other investigations on N6070D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.