- Date
- June 16, 1985, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N66887Piper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850616025889A
- Case key
- 21777
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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 pilot stated he first saw another aircraft ahead of and below him on final to the runway. He maneuvered to establish interval, then decided to go around. He added fullthrottles but left the flaps and gear down. Unalbe to climb,he decided to land behind the other aircraft. Landing short,the aircraft collided with a 1-2 ft lip at the runway, shearing one landing gear and collapsing another. The aircraft sustained substantial damage but the pilot escaped without injury.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66887
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-7405408
- Engine
- Lycoming LTIO-540J2BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Drw Investments,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GLS · Galveston, TX
- Airport
- AXH · Southwest Airpark, runway 10, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.