- Date
- August 23, 1983, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Alzada, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9038DPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830823066739A
- Case key
- 16150
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft nosed over during landing after the landing gear collapsed. The plt said the landing was a little hard and thathe hit a bump which broke the left shock cord. The plt stated that he does not believe that the landing was hard enough to fail the gear but that it was fatigued from operating out of unimproved landing sites.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9038D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6176
- Airframe hours
- 2,353
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gene Brimmer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 5, 1983 · 49 hours before
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,693 total · 3,693 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 98 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
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 N9038D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.