- Date
- August 17, 1984, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Acme, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N36051Piper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840817041349A
- Case key
- 12743
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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.
Overrun
All available runway - not usedFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Complete gear collapsed
Ground loop/swerve - intentional
Analysis
The landing gear collapsed as a result of an intentional ground loop when the aircraft overran the runway after a bounce 450 ft beyond the approach end of the 2300' long grass strip. The pilot stated he added throttle, then landed on the remaining runway, but rolled through the overrun at the end.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36051
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7870288
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fino Plane Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 15, 1984 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 9G2 · Linden, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Y17 · Acme Skyport, runway 18, 2,320 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,162 total · 180 in this make and model · 1,086 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.