# NTSB LAX86LA329: Piper PA-34-200, N56710, Salinas, CA, August 25, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 24, 1986, 21:58 local (Aug 25, 1986, 04:58 UTC)
- Place: Salinas, CA
- Coordinates: 36.669609, -121.610855 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6696&lon=-121.6109&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25237
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA329
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25237/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA329

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - undetermined (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56710-2013-04-22), registration cancelled 2013-04-22, S/N 34-7450024, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (registry code 7103405) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7450024
- Airframe hours: 2553
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860824044279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860824044279A), Aug 24, 1986: Piper PA34200, Salinas, CA, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed hard, collapsing the nose gear.

## Other investigations on N56710 (1)

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 ATL81DLQ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DLQ18), May 23, 1981: Piper PA-34 (N56710), Paducah, KY, 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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