- Date
- March 24, 1982, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Placida, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8043YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820324015399A
- Case key
- 72245
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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 pilot stated that during the beginning of the landing roll the right main and nose landing gears collapsed. Examination revealed that the retraction torque tube arm fitting, Piper p/n 21012-03, which links the right main and nose gear to the retraction system, failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8043Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301154
- Airframe hours
- 3,680
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Lakeland Construction
- Registered owner
- Lakeland Construction
- Departed
- Lakeland, FL
- Destination
- Placida, FL
- Airport
- X54 · Rotonda, runway 23, 4,000 × 50 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 869 total · 600 in this make and model · 761 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 172 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.