- Date
- July 15, 1984, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Charles, LA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1456XPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840715032339A
- Case key
- 21398
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Planned approach - poorCause
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateFactor
Proper alignment - misreadCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - soft
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
Analysis
The plt landed on the edge of a 90 ft wide turf rwy which was soft due to recent rains. The acft drifted off into a ditch causing the collapse of the left main gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1456X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- PA-28R-200
- Airframe hours
- 840
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-260-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Double Eagle Flying Clubl
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 3, 1983 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- E29 · Sonora, TX
- Destination
- LA21 · Lake Charles, LA
- Airport
- LA21 · Chloe, runway 15, 3,300 × 90 ft, grass/turf
N1456XRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 196 total · 196 in this make and model · 143 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LCH, 7 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.