- Date
- August 22, 1983, 09:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Bermuda Dunes, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3957XPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830822042769A
- Case key
- 23827
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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
The acft encountered a downdraft during short final & touched down in sandy terrain a few feet short of the rwy. The right main landing gear failed as the acft struck the end of the asphalt rwy. The plt had been advised over UNICOM of a possible wind shear due to the wind direction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3957X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-764003
- Airframe hours
- 1,686
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-KIAS, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lyle Knudsen
- Registered owner
- B.L.B. Construction, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 11, 1983 · 38 hours before
- Airport
- UDD · Bermuda Dunes, runway 29, 4,030 × 60 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 48 in this make and model · 1,160 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
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 N3957X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.