- Date
- June 27, 1987, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4364XPiper PA-32R-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870627027749A
- Case key
- 25619
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
At the end of a business flt, the plt extended the landing gear and noted that the left main landing gear indicated that it was not down and locked. The plt activated the emergency landing gear extension which still indicated it was not down. While on final approach, the plt shut the engine down in hopes that if the gear did collapse he may be able to prevent damage to the engine, however, when the engine was shut off the acft's sink rate increased. The plt attempted an unsuccessful restart. The acft then collided with the terrain half a mile from the arpt. It was not determined if the gear was down and locked.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4364X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R7680013
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Lycoming TI0-540KIA5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Universe Air Cargo
- Registered owner
- Ez Flights Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 22, 1987 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- E14 · Tucson, AZ
- Destination
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport
- E14 · Avra Valley, runway 30, 3,000 × 75 ft, dirt
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,785 total · 450 in this make and model · 4,665 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 106 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUS, 22 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.