# NTSB DEN82DA202: Piper PA-34, N8107X, Langdon, ND, September 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 21, 1982, 15:04 local (21:04 UTC)
- Place: Langdon, ND
- Location: 48.7531° N, 98.3938° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROBERTSON FLD (D55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7531&lon=-98.3938&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71358
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA202
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71358/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA202

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Miscellaneous/other, takeoff - initial climb
  - door,passenger - open (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
  - gear down and locked - not identified, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

CABIN DOOR CAME OPEN IN FLIGHT AND PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. DURING ROLL-OUT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AS AIRCRAFT WEIGHT SETTLED ON IT SINCE IT HAD NOT FULLY EXTENDED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8107X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8107X), registered now, S/N 34-8070012, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 348070012
- Airframe hours: 873
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-EB1 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Thunderbird Aviation
- Registered owner: Thunderbird Aviation
- Departed: D55, LANGDON, ND
- Destination: FCM, MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Airport: D55, Langdon Municipal, runway 17, 3,500 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,221 total, 3 in this make and model, 1,011 as pilot in command, 85 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820921055809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820921055809A), Sep 21, 1982: Piper PA34200T, Langdon, MN, Substantial damage. Cabin door came open after takeoff. Wind tore off door seal. Unable to close door. Nose wheel collapsed on landing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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