# NTSB CHI84LA205: Piper PA-24-260, N499LG, Pontic, MI, May 24, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 24, 1984, 15:33 local (19:33 UTC)
- Place: Pontic, MI
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12622
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA205
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12622/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA205

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: L5722-48
- Airframe hours: 29241
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 72; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840524018589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840524018589A), May 24, 1984: Piper PA24260, Pontiac, MI, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed in a drift from a crosswind which caused landing gear to collapse.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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