- Date
- August 1, 1988, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Laurens, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8191JPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880801029619A
- Case key
- 7794
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rprtd that when he landed, everything seemed normal until he was lowering the nose to the rwy drg the landing roll. At that time, the left wing began to settle. At first, he thought the left tire was going flat, but the settling continued. Subsequently, the acft went off the left side of the rwy & damaged 2 rwy lights before skidding to a stop. An exam revealed the left main gear strut housing/trunnion had failed. A metallurgical exam revealed the presence of fatigue in the strut barrel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8191J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-8070191
- Airframe hours
- 1,818
- Engine
- Continental LTSIO-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cabeza, Anthony R.
- Registered owner
- Julian G. Hunt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1988 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- GMU · Greenville, SC
- Destination
- CRE · N. Myrtle Beach, SC
- Airport
- 34A · Laurens County, runway 7, 3,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,207 total · 254 in this make and model · 4,176 as pilot in command · 108 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSP, 26 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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