- Date
- November 1, 1983, 10:16 local (15:16 UTC)
- Place
- Greer, SC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N40249Piper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831101057679A
- Case key
- 6379
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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.
Analysis
During the flt, hydraulic failure of the landing sys occurred & the aircrew were unable to get the gear locked in the down position. After orbiting for over an hour, a landing was made. During touchdown, the gear collapsed. An exam revealed that an aileron balance cable had chafed against a hydraulic line in the landing gear sys until a hole was worn thru the line. This allowed the hydraulic fluid to leak out.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40249
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7305055
- Airframe hours
- 3,324
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cornerstone Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 4, 1982 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- GMU · Greenville, SC
- Airport
- GSP · Greenville-Spartanburg, runway 3, 7,600 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 871 total · 20 in this make and model · 97 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.