- Date
- October 26, 1987, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ardmore, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N742WPPiper PA-60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871026060879A
- Case key
- 22592
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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
During landing, the aircraft touched down about 15 feet short of the runway causing the rt main gear to collapse. The acft slid approx 800 ft BEF0RE coming to rest on the rwy. Both gear penetrated the upper skin on the wings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N742WP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60002240
- Airframe hours
- 1,542
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1JS, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Johm M. Hitt, doing business as Executive Flight
- Registered owner
- John Hitt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 28, 1987 · 92 hours before
- Departed
- F54 · Arlington, TX
- Destination
- 1F1 · Ardmore, OK
- Airport
- 1F1 · Ardmore, runway 32, 2,500 × 50 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,840 total · 300 in this make and model · 3,840 as pilot in command · 94 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.