# NTSB LAX85LA347: Piper PA-30, N7982Y, Hollister, CA, August 14, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 14, 1985, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Hollister, CA
- Coordinates: 37.949069, -121.320053 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9491&lon=-121.3201&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24798
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA347
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24798/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA347

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Complete gear collapsed, takeoff - roll/run
  - electrical system,electric motor - engaged (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT AND GND WITNESSES REPORTED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN LANDING GEARS. POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. ALL OF THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION/EXTENSION PUSH PULL TUBES REMAINED ATTACHED AT THEIR RESPECTIVE ATTACH FITTINGS. THE NOSE GEAR PUSH PULL TUBE AND ITS ATTACH BOLT WERE BENT TO THE LEFT. THE TRANSMISSION ASSY SEPARATED FROM ITS MOUNTING BRACKET AND WAS FOUND ON THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE LND GEAR MOTOR OPERATED NORMALLY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7982Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7982Y-1989-03-16), registration cancelled 1989-03-16, S/N 301083 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30-1083
- Airframe hours: 4900
- Engines: LYCOMING 320-B1A 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William Boucher
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 1985
- Destination: HIO, HILLSBORO, OR
- Airport: 307, Hollister, runway 23, 4,350 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 5,000 total, 252 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850814038829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850814038829A), Aug 14, 1985: Piper PA30, Hollister, CA, Substantial damage. Nose followed by mains collapsed on takeoff roll. Errant electrical voltage to landing gear motor caused retraction

## Other investigations on N7982Y (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX87LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA013), Oct 10, 1986: Piper PA-30 (N7982Y), Oceanside, CA, destroyed
- [NTSB MKC76FTK29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FTK29), Jun 13, 1976: Piper PA-30 (N7982Y), Rapid City, SD, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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