- Date
- March 29, 2014, 10:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place
- Szombathely, Hungary
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- HA-APWPiper PA38 - 112
- Defining event
- Taxi: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Transportation Safety Bureau of Hungary, Piper Aircraft, Inc.
- Case key
- 88991
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On March 29, 2014, at 1000 universal coordinated time, a Piper model PA-38-112, Hungarian registration HA-APW, serial number 3879A0512, sustained substantial damage when the right main landing gear collapsed while taxiing at the Szombathely Airport, near Szombathely, Hungary. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by Hungarian Aircraft Technology & Service located in Fertoszentmiklós, Hungary. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Hungarian Government. Further information may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Bureau of Hungary H-1675, POB 62 Budapest, Hungary Phone: +36 1 294 5529 Fax: +36 1 296 9520 E-mail: aviainfo@kbsz.hu Webpage: http://www.kbsz.hu This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Transportation Safety Bureau of Hungary.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HA-APW
- Reported as
- Piper PA38 - 112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3879A0512
- Built
- 1979
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Hungarian Aircraft Technology & Service
- Registered owner
- Hungarian Aircraft Technology & Service
- Departed
- LHSY · Szombathely
- Destination
- LHSY · Szombathely
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- LHSY · Szombathely
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC)
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 3, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 49 KB in all.