- Date
- January 1, 1983, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Upland, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3084RPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830101000159A
- Case key
- 23541
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 aircraft crashed 150 yards short of the runway during landing. The pilot said the manifold pressure kept falling as he progressed around the field in the traffic pattern. The engine went to idle on the base leg. The pilot had lowered the gear but not the flaps. When it became apparent the runway would not be reached he picked a landing spot and lowered the flaps. The rough area of landing tore off the landing gear and slowed the aircraft. Inspection showed that the throttle control spring stud assembly nut was missing with the stud detached from the throttle. The stud was placed in position on the throttle arm and fell away after about 15 cycles of throttle actuation from the cockpit. The engine had just been overhauled and installed, and an annual inspection had been performed on December 11, 1982. Total time since was about 10 hours.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3084R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R35643
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allan T. Dietzel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 11, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- CCB · Cable, runway 24, 3,785 × 75 ft, dirt
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
- 46
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 376 total · 10 in this make and model · 229 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.