# NTSB LAX88LA138: Piper PA-34-200T, N47766, Columbia, CA, March 27, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 26, 1988, 18:15 local (Mar 27, 1988, 02:15 UTC)
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Coordinates: 38.109485, -120.380706 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1095&lon=-120.3807&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25971
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA138
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25971/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA138

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll

## Analysis

AT THE END OF A CROSS COUNTRY FLT, ON TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT BEGAN TO BOUNCE.  THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE ACFT BEFORE IT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RWY, WHERE IT CAME TO REST AFTER THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. A WITNESS SAID THAT THE ACFT LANDED HALF WAY DOWN THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N47766](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47766), registered now, S/N 34-7870002, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 347870002
- Airframe hours: 1241
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360E 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Milliom Air
- Registered owner: Levin, Gordon
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 22, 1987, 36 hours before
- Departed: SJC, SAN JOSE, CA
- Destination: 022, COLUMBIA, CA
- Airport: 022, Columbia, runway 17, 4,060 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; commercial, flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 7,200 total, 543 in this make and model, 2,942 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MOD, 35 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880326006569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880326006569A), Mar 26, 1988: Piper PA34200T, Columbia, CA, Substantial damage. Landed long,fast and porpoised. Ran off end of runway colliding with a metal drain gate. Left main gear collapsed.

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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