- Date
- August 8, 1986, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Monument Valley, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8544PPiper PA-24-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860808038389A
- Case key
- 17030
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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 plt was on an approach for landing when the acft began to settle. He said that increasing power did not seem to have an effect. Subsequently, the acft landed hard, collapsing the nose gear. The plt believed that he had encountered wind shear during the approach. Local pilots were aware of unfavorable wind conditions that occur at the arpt. Various publications note that this was a private arpt and its use was at the plt's own risk.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8544P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-4001
- Airframe hours
- 5,945
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Park Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1986 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Airport
- 71V · Monument Valley, runway 16, 3,100 × 75 ft, dirt
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 820 total · 131 in this make and model · 716 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 4HV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.