- Date
- June 9, 1987, 08:14 local (13:14 UTC)
- Place
- Norman, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5552WPiper PA-28-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870609019159A
- Case key
- 22377
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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
While performing a touch and go landing, the aircraft landed hard causing a vibration in the engine area, and some loss of rudder control. The pilot flew by the tower and the tower indicated everything looked ok. On landing roll the nose gear failed causing substantial damage to the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5552W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-643
- Airframe hours
- 6,332
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steve Mays & Mark Chaffin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 1987 · 325 hours before
- Airport
- DUN · Max Westheimer, runway 21, 4,765 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 649 total · 505 in this make and model · 621 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5552W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.