- Date
- August 15, 1987, 19:20 local (Aug 16, 1987, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Mc Allen, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5437YPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870815058739A
- Case key
- 22419
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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 right main landing gear collapsed for unknown reasons as the aircraft was taxiing for takeoff. The pilot has not responded to requests to complete an accident report form. According to airman records, the pilot did not have a multiengine rating.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5437Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-2514
- Engine
- Lycoming TI0-540-C1A, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tom Schultz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MFE
- Destination
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Airport
- MFE · Mcallen-Miller
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 140° at 13 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.