- Date
- February 3, 1984, 17:50 local (Feb 4, 1984, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57528Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840203004419A
- Case key
- 16330
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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.
Analysis
The acft swerved off the rwy and collapsed the left main landing gear during landing. The plt said he believes he misused the heel brakes during the landing roll since he was more familiar with acft with toe brakes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57528
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7709036
- Airframe hours
- 865
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Devpre Aviation Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RUI · Ruidoso, NM
- Airport
- 4AC · Coronado, runway 35, 4,020 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,215 total · 10 in this make and model · 1,077 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °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 N57528 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.