- Date
- June 29, 1983, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Port Mansfield, TX
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N39589Piper PA-32RT-300T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830629027429A
- Case key
- 20953
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt, the nose gear position light flickered & the nose gear unsafe light illuminated, just prior to rotation. He reportedly aborted the takeoff at that time, but was unable to stop before going off the end of the rwy at 65 to 70 KTS. As the acft rolled thru a ditch, about 75 yds from the end of the rwy, all 3 landing gear collapsed. Due to the impact damage, the mechanical condition of the nose gear could not be evaluated. The acft was estimated to be 339 to 456 lbs over its max gross wt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39589
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32RT-300T (PA-32RT-30)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-788113
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G4D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Budak Aviation
- Registered owner
- Sigmund R. Wright
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- TO2 · Houston, TX
- Airport
- TO5 · Charles R. Johnson, runway 12, 3,222 × 50 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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,387 total · 23 in this make and model · 3,140 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.