- Date
- May 24, 1984, 15:33 local (19:33 UTC)
- Place
- Pontic, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N499LGPiper PA-24-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840524018589A
- Case key
- 12622
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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
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Complete gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The plt stated that during the flare in a cross-wind landing, the acft ballooned & drifted to the right. The acft then touched down at an angle & the landing gear collapsed. The wind was gusting to 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N499LG
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- L5722-48
- Airframe hours
- 29,241
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-D4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William S. Carpenter
- Registered owner
- Robert Allaben
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 9, 1983
- Departed
- NEW · Mew Orleans, LA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PTK · Oakland-Pontic, runway 27L, 6,200 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 72
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 775 total · 522 in this make and model · 5,803 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PKT, 1 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.