- Date
- November 11, 1985, 18:35 local (Nov 12, 1985, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Birmingham, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N107MWSmith, Ted Aerostar Aerostar 600
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851111058339A
- Case key
- 6991
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The left main gear collapsed during a loss of control on landing. The plt reported the acft touched down prematurely during the flare and it contacted the lip of the rwy at the apch end. Directional control could not be maintained, according to the plt, and the acft traveled off the left side of the rwy collapsing the left gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N107MW
- Reported as
- Smith, Ted Aerostar Aerostar 600 (AEROSTAR 6)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 600004
- Airframe hours
- 3,275
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K135, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Condor Aero Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 28, 1985 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- BFM · Mobile, AL
- Destination
- BHM · Birmingham, AL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BHM · Birmingham Municipal, runway 36, 4,856 × 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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,200 total · 500 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 370 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 20° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOB, 1 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.