- Date
- March 24, 1982, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Auberry, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2861HPiper PA-28-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820324016679A
- Case key
- 69838
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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 pilot rolled to the left side of the runway to avoid possible potholes. After steering to the left side, the left main gear encountered a small berm and the aircraft veered further left. The nosewheel hit the berm and the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2861H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-201T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7921077
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Western Aero
- Departed
- Q09 · Corona, CA
- Destination
- L66 · Auberry, CA
- Airport
- Q09 · Topham Ranch
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 101 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.