- Date
- August 9, 1986, 14:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Wheeling, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6120JPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860809038289A
- Case key
- 13505
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Landing gear,main gear - failure,total
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Directional control - not maintained
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
Analysis
Plt reported that upon landing, gear was down and locked and after landing right wheel buckled. Investigation revealed break resulted from hard side load.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6120J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7670249
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wallace H. Foote
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 4, 1985
- Departed
- MWC · Milwaukee, WI
- Destination
- PWK
- Airport
- PWK · Pal-Waukee, runway 16, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 71
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,800 total · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NBU, 5 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.