- Date
- April 5, 1987, 17:00 local (Apr 6, 1987, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Calexico, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3085RPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870405011919A
- Case key
- 25559
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the end of a pleasure cross country flight, the plt reported that upon landing, the acft veered to the left, the plt corrected to the right. The acft veered to the left again and the plt corrected to the right. The acft then began to turn in a clockwise direction when the left main gear collapsed. Inspection of the landing sight and acft showed traceable signatures were left by both main tires on the runway. The left main gear was collapsed inward. The right main gear separated from its trunnion fitting, and was pulled out toward the right wing tip. Lateral stresses were such on the nose gear that it was bent sideways to the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3085R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-35644
- Airframe hours
- 3,891
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-CIC, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joe L. Dolley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 14, 1987 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- MXL · Mexicali
- Destination
- CXL · Calexico, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CXL · Calexico, runway 26, 4,330 × 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 176 total · 53 in this make and model · 81 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IPL, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.