- Date
- April 14, 1986, 18:13 local (23:13 UTC)
- Place
- Camp Springs, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N32613Piper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860414011759A
- Case key
- 11206
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a flt to prepare the student for a CFI check ride, both the student and the CFI could not obtain a green light confirming the nose gear was down and locked. After numerous attempts to assure it was down and locked the acft was landed at andrews afb. The nose gear collapsed on landing and the acft slid off the left side of the rwy. Examination revealed a skewed wear pattern deep within the slot of the nose gear aligner guide. The entire slot was found twisted in a direction consistent with deformation at its upper end of one of the guide walls. The exterior surface of the slot wall which contained the deformation at its upper end revealed marks consistent with short term contact with the alignment bushing which normally rides within the slot. If the bushing did not align with its guide during retraction and bent one of the guide walls it may cause the gear to fail to fully extend.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32613
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7535072
- Airframe hours
- 4,417
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Andrews Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Tri-L Industries, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 6, 1986 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- ANP · Annapolis, MD
- Flight plan
- Military VFR
- Airport
- ADW · Andrews Afb, runway 19, 9,855 × 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 920 total · 190 in this make and model · 690 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 48 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.