# NTSB FTW91LA097: Piper PA-34-200T, N44447, New Orleans, LA, June 14, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 14, 1991, 12:54 local (17:54 UTC)
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23344
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW91LA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23344/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA097

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING.  A FACTOR WAS: THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN MODEL.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - attempted, pilot in command
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - continued
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - aborted
  - landing gear - overload

## Analysis

DURING A DAYTIME VISUAL APPROACH THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE MULTI-ENGINE AIRPLANE FOLLOWING A HARD LANDING AND AN ATTEMPTED ABORT. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN 1,000 FEET PAST THE APPROACH END THRESHOLD AND PORPOISED. DURING THE ABORT, THE AIRPLANE DID NOT SUSTAIN FLYING SPEED AND STRUCK THE GROUND AGAIN, SEPARATING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. AFTER THE LOSS OF CONTROL THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR ALSO COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N44447](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44447-1994-04-20), registration cancelled 1994-04-20, S/N 347570002 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-757002
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-E 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Neal Nadler, doing business as Air Reldan, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PNS, PENSACOLA, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: NEW, Lakefront, runway 36, 3,699 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 217 total, 16 in this make and model, 116 as pilot in command, 66 in the last 90 days, 29 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19910614022019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910614022019A), Jun 14, 1991: Piper PA34200T, New Orleans, LA, Substantial damage. Bounced,porpoised,collapsed a main gear. Lost control and spun around prior stopping.

## Other investigations on N44447 (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX79DUM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUM07), Mar 5, 1979: Piper PA-34 (N44447), Brawley, CA, substantial damage

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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