# NTSB FTW88LA018: Piper PA-60, N742WP, Ardmore, OK, October 26, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 26, 1987, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Ardmore, OK
- Coordinates: 34.190826, -97.109077 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1908&lon=-97.1091&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22592
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88LA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22592/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA018

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper touchdown point - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N742WP-1999-01-26), registration cancelled 1999-01-26, S/N 600022 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-60
- Registry model: [Smith AEROSTAR 600](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (registry code 8360602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 60002240
- Airframe hours: 1542
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871026060879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871026060879A), Oct 26, 1987: Piper PA60600, Ardmore, OK, Substantial damage. Landed short of the runway. Impact tore off the right gear and the left gear collapsed in the slide on the runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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