- Date
- March 24, 1985, 17:37 local (23:37 UTC)
- Place
- Lubbock, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N839OPPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 21707
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,partial
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - undeterminedCause
Landing gear,gear indicating system - false indication
Landing gear,gear indicating system - undeterminedCause
Complete gear collapsed
Landing gear,gear locking mechanism - false indication
Landing gear,gear locking mechanism - undeterminedCause
Analysis
Plt raised landing gear during initial climb after takeoff and received no reaction from either the gear retraction sys or the gear indicator sys. After troubleshooting the sys, the plt elected to make a low pass by the tower, during which the gear appeared to be down to the controllers. On touchdown, all 3 landing gear collapsed. No reason for the gear collapse could be determined during the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N839OP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-3649
- Airframe hours
- 2,497
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert L. Holmes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1984 · 38 hours before
- Destination
- BGD · Borger, TX
- Airport
- LBB · Lubbock International, runway 17R, 11,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 209 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB