- Date
- September 20, 1983, 08:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- San Martin, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2315VPiper PA 38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830920050139A
- Case key
- 23861
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he flared the aircraft and made a normal full stall landing. Almost immediately the aircraft veered to the left and both main landing gear separated. Subsequent hardness tests on the left and right main gear attach bolts revealed that all boths met or exceeded their respective specified minimum tensile stregths. The logbook contained an entry dated 8/21/83 that noted repairs made to the landing gear due to the aircraft reportedly porpoising during a landing sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2315V
- Reported as
- Piper PA 38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-82A0085
- Airframe hours
- 790
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- 2 Genes Aviation
- Registered owner
- Billy J. And Naomi Reynolds
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 12, 1983 · 70 hours before
- Airport
- Q99 · South County, runway 14, 3,100 × 50 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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 703 in this make and model · 11,000 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 54 °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 N2315V · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.