- Date
- October 8, 1987, 18:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Collegedale, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5988PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871008059059A
- Case key
- 7650
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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 airplane touched down while the ldg gear were extending. A witness reported that the acft began the ldg flare with the gear completely retracted, and that the gear began to extend when the airplane was 3-4 ft above the rwy. The main ldg gear contacted the rwy and collapsed. The engine sound immediately increased to a 'high pwr level' and the acft lifted off at a high climb angle. At 10-12 ft AGL, the engine sound 'cut sharply' and the acft dropped back to the rwy and slid to a stop. Another witness reported that as the acft crossed the rwy threshold, the plt was advised via UNICOM to check his ldg gear. The witness observed the ldg gear begin to extend shortly thereafter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5988P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1081
- Airframe hours
- 2,552
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edgar H. Lawman, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 13, 1986
- Departed
- CHA · Chattanooga, TN
- Airport
- 3M3 · Collegedale Municipal, runway 3, 3,335 × 75 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 970 total · 90 in this make and model · 690 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.