- Date
- September 16, 1982, 18:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N642MSPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820916047469A
- Case key
- 70715
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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.
Nose gear collapsed
Airport facilities,taxiway condition - hidden obstruction(s)Cause
Landing gear,nose gear - failure,totalCause
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
Plt taxied off rwy onto grass to give way to landing traffic. Paved taxiways are not available & 50 ft either side of runway is used for taxiing with the grass being kept mowed. Before he was able to taxi back onto the paved rwy the ground gave way & the nose and gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N642MS
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 277954037
- Airframe hours
- 1,560
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-C1A, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Shambaugh & Son, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Shambaugh & Son, Inc.
- Departed
- 3EV · Evansville, IN
- Airport
- SMD · Smith Field, runway 31, 2,900 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 8,599 total · 735 in this make and model · 8,386 as pilot in command · 159 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.