- Date
- December 20, 1986, 16:09 local (22:09 UTC)
- Place
- Lubbock, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8456XPiper PA-34-220T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861220070639A
- Case key
- 22311
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that after a normal apch, he made a hard landing on the main gear and the acft bounced. He further stated that the second contact was hard on the main gear and that the nose gear collapsed when it touched down the 2nd time. Damage sustained by the acft indicated that it had landed hard on the nose gear the 2nd time, causing the nose gear to collapse as a result of overload.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8456X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-220T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 82-33013
- Airframe hours
- 2,050
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-KB, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- West-Tex Aircraft, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Randy T. Warren
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 26, 1986 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- MAF · Midland, TX
- Airport
- LBB · Lubbock Intl., runway 17R, 11,500 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,674 total · 440 in this make and model · 1,615 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB
FAA reports on this event · 1
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