- Date
- August 24, 1986, 21:58 local (Aug 25, 1986, 04:58 UTC)
- Place
- Salinas, CA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56710Piper PA-34-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860824044279A
- Case key
- 25237
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with the surface of rwy 13 after the nose gear collapsed. The plt indicated the three green gear safe indicator lights were illuminated prior to touchdown. The acft was landed on the main gear first and then the nose gear. The nose gear collapsed as it touched the rwy surface and the acft came to a stop on it's nose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56710
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7450024
- Airframe hours
- 2,553
- Engine
- Lycoming LIO-360-C1E6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Tedford, Raymond
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 1986 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- O01 · Santa Rosa, CA
- Destination
- SNS · Salinas, CA
- Airport
- SNS · Salinas Municipal, runway 13, 4,825 × 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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,057 total · 10 in this make and model · 923 as pilot in command · 297 in the last 90 days · 97 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNS
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 N56710 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.