- Date
- December 31, 1982, 11:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N477BLPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821231065399A
- Case key
- 72307
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The right main landing gear collapsed during the landing roll. On-scene examination revealed that the right main gear was down & locked, but a material failure in the trunnion allowed the gear to rotate out & clockwise leading to collapse. A similarly located crack had been discovered on the left main gear assembly 67 flight-hours before the accident. Inspection of the right gear assembly at that time revealed no discrepancies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N477BL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7870292
- Airframe hours
- 1,756
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-36O-EB1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert G. Milne,III
- Registered owner
- Robert G. Milne,III
- Departed
- C · Santa Monica, CA
- Destination
- C · Prescott, AZ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PRC · Ernest A. Love, runway 3, 7,618 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 920 total · 413 in this make and model · 751 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 82 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N477BL · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.