- Date
- December 19, 1984, 16:15 local (Dec 20, 1984, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Garberville, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8780YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841219076309A
- Case key
- 24605
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Analysis
The plt reported that on his first attempt to land he was 'too high' so he made a go-around. On the second apch to the 3050 ft rwy, he was flying at 110 mph. He landed long, applied brakes & skidded off the dept end of the rwy. The lt tire blew-out, directional was lost, the gear collapsed & the lt wing was bent as the acft decelerated to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8780Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-1936
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-C1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Howard M. Klein
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 1984 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- EKA · Eureka, CA
- Destination
- 016 · Garberville, CA
- Airport
- 316 · Garberville, runway 36, 3,050 × 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,210 total · 261 in this make and model · 1,052 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.