- Date
- May 27, 1996, 20:30 local (May 28, 1996, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wichita, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77782Piper PA-28-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960527016609A
- Case key
- 10257
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing. A factor associated with the accident was the gusty crosswind condition.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The landing was being made on runway 18 with winds from 280 degrees at 16 knots gusting to 20 knots. After touchdown, the airplane traveled off the left side of the runway into the grass where it spun around approximately 150 degrees prior to the right main landing gear collapsing.
Factual narrative
On May 27, 1996, at 2030 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28- 201T, N77782, experienced a gear collapse following a loss of directional control while landing at the Colonel James Jabara Airport, Wichita, Kansas. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight had been operating on an IFR flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the accident site. The pilot and three passengers were not injured. The flight originated from Rogers, Arkansas, at 1900 cdt.
The pilot stated that upon landing the right main gear collapsed. He reported that the airplane slid on the right wing prior to coming to a stop off the left side of the runway.
The wreckage was inspected by an inspector from the Wichita Flight Standards District Office of the Federal Aviation Administration. The inspector reported that the airplane traveled off the east side of the runway and spun around 150 degrees prior to coming to rest. He reported that skid marks from the main landing gear were visible up to the point where the airplane departed the left side of the runway. He continued to report that tire tracks were visible in the grass almost to the point where the right main gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest.
The landing was being made on runway 18 (6,100' x 100') with reported winds from 280 degrees at 16 knots gusting to 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77782
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-201T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R8231044
- Airframe hours
- 985
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stephen A. Fields
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 4, 1995 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- ROG · Rogers, AK
- Destination
- 3KM
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 3KM · Colonel James Jabara, runway 18, 6,100 × 100 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,208 total · 71 in this make and model · 22 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 16 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 3KM
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N77782 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.