- Date
- September 2, 1982, 15:16 local (19:16 UTC)
- Place
- Near Lakeland, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N62957Piper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820902043309A
- Case key
- 71886
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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
The flt was conducting single-eng flt tests with the inboard gear doors removed & was being photographed by a chase acft. At the end of the tests the plt was unable to restart the left eng & returned for a single-eng landing. The plt overshot the landing attempt & executed a single-eng go-around. The plt then reported he had a gear problem. An occupant of the chase acft reported that the main gear were hanging 75 to 80 deg from the horizontal. A company employee at the arpt reported that the nose gear was about 10 deg aft of the normal down & locked position. The acft continued on a wsw heading away from the arpt, passing over several suitable emergency landing sites while in a slow descent until colliding with the guy/grounding wire atop a powerline pole 4 mi wsw of the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62957
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3107752005
- Airframe hours
- 1,255
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Piper Aircraft Corporation
- Registered owner
- Piper Aircraft Corporation
- Departed
- Lakeland, FL
- Destination
- Lakeland, FL
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,327 total · 179 in this make and model · 3,218 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 192 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.