- Date
- June 20, 1983, 18:40 local (Jun 21, 1983, 01:40 UTC)
- Place
- Mesa, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3ZTPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830620028399A
- Case key
- 23758
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The left main landing gear collapsed during landing. The pilot had difficulty getting all the landing gear warning lights to function properly in the pattern. After 1 recycle the gear indicated down but on rollout the left gear collapsed. The pilot feathered the left engine and positioned the propeller before the gear fully collapsed. The warninghorn did not blow on final with power off but did sound on the rwy before collapse. On jacks the next day the landing gear was cycled about 20 times without malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3ZT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7770178
- Airframe hours
- 2,334
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Fiesta Airlines
- Registered owner
- Levoy D. Adams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 17, 1983 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- P19 · Chandler, AZ
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- P16 · Falcon Field, runway 22, 4,300 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,230 total · 4,051 as pilot in command · 251 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- P16
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.