- Date
- December 12, 1983, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Gallup, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3957PPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831212060369A
- Case key
- 21232
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Hard landing
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The plt reported that he was taking off from a dirt road when the eng lost power shortly after lift-off. Subsequently, the left main gear collapsed during a hard/forced landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3957P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3635
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ralph H. Bennett
- Destination
- GUP · Gallup, NM
N3957PRegistration cancelled Nov 14, 2012 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 18 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GUP, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.