- Date
- August 5, 1984, 16:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Carrabelle, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5732WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840805040769A
- Case key
- 31165
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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 control - on ground/water
Landing gear,main gear attachment - failure,totalCause
Landing gear,main gear - separationCause
Directional control - not possible
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
Acft swerved off the rwy after the plt heard a loud pop sound. Examination of the aircraft disclosed that the a main landing gear attach bolt had sheared.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5732W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 281386
- Airframe hours
- 2,526
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lawrence L. Parr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 5, 1984 · 56 hours before
- Destination
- ABY · Albany, GA
- Airport
- X13 · Carrabelle Flight, runway 23, 4,000 × 75 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 303 total · 38 in this make and model · 183 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AAF, 18 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.
Other investigations on N5732W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.