- Date
- October 16, 1984, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Creede, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8011JPiper PA-34-220T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841016057539A
- Case key
- 16592
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt, just prior to landing, at about 5 ft AGL, the gear warning horn sounded and the right main gear down and locked light flickered. The landing was continued and the right gear collapsed during the rollout. A mechanic who examined the acft discovered the right downlock frozen by ice in the up position. No mechanical failures were found during the repair process.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8011J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-220T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8233052
- Airframe hours
- 348
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-KB, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- E. A. Karper
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 1, 1984 · 92 hours before
- Departed
- Q39 · Creede, CO
- Airport
- Q39 · Mineral Co, runway 25, 6,800 × 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,575 total · 571 in this make and model · 2,575 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 18 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.