- Date
- May 25, 1987, 19:50 local (May 26, 1987, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Maxwell Afb, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6857JPiper PA-28-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870525016189A
- Case key
- 7436
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Design stress limits of aircraft - exceededCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Analysis
During the landing roll, the pilot lost directional control of the acft. The right main and nose gears collapsed. Inspection of the acft failed to reveal any system malfunction/failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6857J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-R7635341
- Airframe hours
- 4,523
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Maxwell Afb
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 15, 1987
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MXF · Maxwell Afb, runway 15, 7,000 × 200 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 6 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MGM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.