- Date
- September 16, 1984, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cheraw, SC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14217Piper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840916048419A
- Case key
- 6540
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - undeterminedCause
Analysis
According to the plt, after 100 to 150 ft of landing roll the right main landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14217
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-4775
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Winston Y. Goodwin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Cheraw, SC
- Airport
- 47J · Cheraw Municipal, runway 7, 3,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
N14217Registration cancelled Feb 16, 2017 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,150 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLO, 34 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.