- Date
- July 26, 1987, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6083HPiper PA28R-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870726038619A
- Case key
- 22403
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the pilot, during takeoff roll, and at the point of rotation the nose gear failed, causing the aircraft to drop down striking the runway with the prop. The aircraft then became airborne for approx. 15 sec. The pilot landed the aircraft on an adjacent rwy and slid into two other parked aircraft causing substantial damage. An FAA inspector and an independent A&P mechanic inspected the nose gear assembly and found only overload failure and could not confirm the pilot's report that the nose gear retracted during takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6083H
- Reported as
- Piper PA28R-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7837052
- Airframe hours
- 903
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Martha Woolverton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 1986
- Departed
- SPX · Houston, TX
- Airport
- AAP · Andrau Airport, runway 16, 4,750 × 50 ft, concrete
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 455 total · 108 in this make and model · 420 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °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.