- Date
- January 15, 1988, 19:48 local (Jan 16, 1988, 00:48 UTC)
- Place
- Florence, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N268NAPiper PA-44-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880115000669A
- Case key
- 7698
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Analysis
The left main ldg gear collapsed during takeoff roll, following a touch & go ldg. The airplane subsequently veered into a snowbank. Post-crash examination of the airplane revealed that the left MLG truss bracket assy had pulled loose from the acft structure and that two of the lower mounting bolts were missing. The corresponding bolt holes in the bracket and in the acft structure exhibited no evidence of damage. Exam of the acft maintenance records revealed no entries with regard to any work performed on the truss bracket assy. The CFI rptd that she and her student had felt a 'bump' from the left gear while landing at another arpt earlier that evening. She examined the gear prior to departing the arpt, but found nothing 'unusual', except that the acft seemed lower on the left side.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N268NA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-44-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 448195010
- Airframe hours
- 6,783
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-E1A6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- No. Amer.Institute Of Aviation
- Registered owner
- N. Amer. Institute Of Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1987 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- CAE · Columbia, SC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FLO · Florence Regional, runway 9, 6,498 × 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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 691 total · 86 in this make and model · 573 as pilot in command · 175 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.