- Date
- May 5, 1984, 22:00 local (May 6, 1984, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- La Porte, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7575WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840505017079A
- Case key
- 12602
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Light condition - nightFactor
Flare - delayedCause
Analysis
The pilot stated that he initiated the landing flare 'too late,' and the acft landed hard. There was subst damage to theto the landing gear and left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7575W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-1522
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bruce F. Siefken
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 25, 1983
- Airport
- 3LP · La Porte Muni, runway 20, 2,400 × 60 ft, asphalt
N7575WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 143 total · 127 in this make and model · 122 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 22,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBN, 21 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.