- Date
- October 7, 1983, 08:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N36429Piper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831007053609A
- Case key
- 24053
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Prior to landing the plt observed that the gear down light for the right gear did not illuminate. He recycled the gear 2 or 3 times, but the green gear down light would not illuminate. Ground personnel reported to the plt that the gear appeared to be down. During the landing roll the right gear retracted & the acft went off the right side of the rwy. Investigation revealed that the landing gear was improperly rigged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36429
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7803324
- Airframe hours
- 841
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William C. Lockhart
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 20, 1982 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- TUS · Tucson, AZ
- Airport
- PIO · Chandler Muni, runway 22, 3,810 × 75 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,264 total · 646 in this make and model · 1,074 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.