# NTSB ATL84LA030: Piper PA-24-180, N7013P, Montgomery, AL, October 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 15, 1983, 11:58 local (16:58 UTC)
- Place: Montgomery, AL
- Coordinates: 32.399681, -86.329612 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3997&lon=-86.3296&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6376
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6376/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA030

## Sequence of events

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

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,total (cause)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT HE HAD AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. HE ALERTED THE TOWER TO THE PROBLEM AND MADE A LOW PASS OVER THE RUNWAY. HE WAS INFORMED BY TOWER PERSONNEL THAT THE GEAR LOOKED DOWN AND NORMAL. DURING THE LANDING THE PLT PUT THE THROTTLE AND MIXTURE TO 'OFF.' THE ACFT ROLLED ABOUT 100-150 FT BEFORE THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE LANDING GEAR HAD RECENTLY BEEN REPAIRED AND THE PLT REPORTED FAILURE OF THE MOTOR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7013P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7013P), registered now, S/N 24-2159 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (registry code 7102402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-2159
- Airframe hours: 3200
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Melvin J. Flowers
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, November 5, 1982, 60 hours before
- Departed: TRI, TRI-CITY, TN
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: MGM, Dannelly, runway 9, 9,001 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 215 total, 30 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Observed at: MGM

## 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 19831015054609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831015054609A), Oct 15, 1983: Piper PA24, Montgomery, AL, Substantial damage. Unsafe gear indication. Manual did not help. The gear collapsed on the landing roll. Gear motor burned out.

## Other investigations on N7013P (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 CHI68F0652](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68F0652), Mar 18, 1968: Piper PA-24 (N7013P), Chesapeake, OH, substantial damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.