- Date
- February 18, 1984, 17:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Myers, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8170DPiper PA-32R-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840218004649A
- Case key
- 31083
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Ignition system,magneto - inoperativeCause
Forced landing
Complete gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The eng quit during takeoff & the gear collasped during the subsequent forced landing. Investigation revealed that the set screw on bendix D-2000 series magneto had backed out of the cam & caused the cam to stop activating the breaker points.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8170D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8013070
- Airframe hours
- 510
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540 KIG5D, 540 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J.J. Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 22, 1983 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- FMY · Ft. Myers, FL
- Destination
- RSW · Ft. Myers, FL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,390 total · 100 in this make and model · 2,275 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 1 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.