- Date
- March 12, 1989, 17:29 local (23:29 UTC)
- Place
- West Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3045MPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890312007739A
- Case key
- 14331
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Probable cause
Improper flare by the pilot. The crosswind (quartering headwind) was considered to be a factor.
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
Flare - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3045M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7870038
- Airframe hours
- 3,734
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Scott, Johnny
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DPA · West Chicago, IL
- Airport
- DPA · Dupage, runway 10, 4,001 × 75 ft, asphalt
N3045MRegistration cancelled Jun 9, 2006 · Piper PA-34-200TAirframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,047 total · 270 in this make and model · 804 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.