- Date
- October 27, 1984, 12:42 local (16:42 UTC)
- Place
- Washington, DC
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6235YPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841027058879A
- Case key
- 11117
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After a high & fast apch, acft touched down beyond midfield on rwy 36 at dca. Plt delayed initiating a go around until he was sure the acft would not stop in the rwy remaining. On initial climb the acft struck two apch lights at the departure end of the rwy, damaging the left main gear which collapsed on the ensuing landing. Investigation disclosed the acft was vectored to a 4 mile rt base at 2500 ft. the plt later stated he continued the apch because he wanted to cooperate since the arpt was 'so busy and it can cause delays for air carrier jets if a general aviation plane has to go around.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6235Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-3467
- Airframe hours
- 3,298
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Avins Industrial Products
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 8, 1984 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- LDJ · Linden, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DCA · National, runway 36, 6,859 × 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,798 total · 2,470 in this make and model · 2,564 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DCA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.