- Date
- June 25, 1988, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Andrews, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N59039Piper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880625027529A
- Case key
- 7787
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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 pilot failed to establish a proper apch profile and experienced a hard landing. The hard landing caused the main landing gear to collapse, and the airplane veered off of the left side of the runway. A witness located near the runway confirmed that the airspeed appeared high and the touchdown was excessive. The wreckage examination failed to disclose any system failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59039
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34 7570058
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-EB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward A. Williams
- Registered owner
- Edward M Williams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 30, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- Dublin, GA
- Destination
- Andrews, NC
- Airport
- 6A3 · Andrews/Murphy, runway 22, 4,561 × 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 639 total · 186 in this make and model · 539 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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.