- Date
- April 19, 1985, 22:20 local (Apr 20, 1985, 03:20 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, SC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8047PPiper PA-32R-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850419015939A
- Case key
- 6783
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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
The plt stated that during takeoff the right main gear struck a large dog which ran onto the rwy. The takeoff was continued & the plt circled the arpt for 2 hrs to burn off excess fuel before performing a ldg with the nose gear & the left main ldg gear retracted. The right ldg gear was broken as a result of the collision with the dog.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8047P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-8213025
- Airframe hours
- 736
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert D. Hendrix
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1985 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- CAE
- Destination
- GMU · Greenvile, SC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CAE · Columbia Metro, runway 11, 8,200 × 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,875 total · 181 in this make and model · 1,710 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.