- Date
- December 26, 1984, 22:00 local (Dec 27, 1984, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kalamazoo, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8060JPiper Aerostar 600
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841226070499A
- Case key
- 12980
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Analysis
The plt reported upon touchdown, the acft contacted a patch of ice causing it to slide sideways resulting in a left main gear collapse. ATC twr witnesses stated the acft appeared fast on final and a hard landing was made.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8060J
- Reported as
- Piper Aerostar 600 (AEROSTAR 6)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60-0543
- Airframe hours
- 1,600
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1F5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Federal Armored Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BEH · Benton Harbor, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AZO · Kalamazoo, runway 17, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,804 total · 1,224 in this make and model · 2,661 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AZO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8060J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.