- Date
- June 18, 1992, 18:30 local (Jun 19, 1992, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Coalinga, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N626NPPiper PA-60-700P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920618021189A
- Case key
- 27653
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point and misjudging the aircraft's distance from the runway. Contributing to this accident was the crosswind condition and the nose and main landing gear collapsing due to overload.
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
The pilot aligned the aircraft with runway 32 for landing. He said that there was a 15 knot wind blowing from 270 degrees and that he entered a left crab as the aircraft descended for the runway. As the aircraft approached the runway the pilot said he entered a slip. The aircraft landed short and the left landing gear collided with the approach edge of the runway. The pilot said that he heard a muffled bang and a pop noise followed by a loud flopping noise from the left main landing gear as the aircraft skidded down the runway. At approximately midfield the aircraft skidded off the left side of the runway and impacted a wind direction indicator. The indicator was located about 100 feet left of runway 32. The nose gear and right main landing gear collapsed during the aircraft's ground slide.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N626NP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60-700P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 608423014
- Airframe hours
- 1,226
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-OU2A, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Trustee, Nils P.
- Registered owner
- Trustee, Nils P.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1992 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- CCR · Concord, CA
- Destination
- 308
- Airport
- 308 · Harris Ranch, runway 32, 2,820 × 30 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,900 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.