# NTSB ATL84LA281: Piper PA-23-250, N14217, Cheraw, SC, September 16, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 16, 1984, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Cheraw, SC
- Coordinates: 34.690822, -79.889717 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6908&lon=-79.8897&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6540
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA281
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6540/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA281

## Sequence of events

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

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, AFTER 100 TO 150 FT OF LANDING ROLL THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N14217](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14217-2017-02-16), registration cancelled 2017-02-16, S/N 27-4775, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27-4775
- Airframe hours: 2800
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840916048419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840916048419A), Sep 16, 1984: Piper PA23250, Cheraw, SC, Substantial damage. Right main gear collapsed during landing rollout. No indications of gear not being down and locked.

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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