- Date
- May 20, 1984, 15:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82009Piper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840520018159A
- Case key
- 24272
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - misjudgedCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload
Analysis
The acft nose gear collapsed during landing. Witnesses described the bounced landing as a 'porpoise'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82009
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8206033
- Airframe hours
- 100
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- S & G Flight Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 21, 1984 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- 045 · Vacaville, CA
- Airport
- SJC · San Jose Municipal, runway 30R, 8,901 × 150 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 202 total · 9 in this make and model · 133 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N82009 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX94LA107Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTruckee, CAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control, delay in his remedial action, and failure to raise the flaps. The snow covered runway was a factor in this accident.NTSB LAX86LA060Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSan Jose, CAAfter completing a personal flight the plt landed the acft. Upon touchdown on the 8899 ft-long by 150 ft-wide rwy the plt failed to maintain directional control of the acft. There was a 70 deg, 8 kt. Right x-wind. The acft overran the runway's edge, entered a…