- Date
- October 29, 1984, 23:25 local (Oct 30, 1984, 04:25 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N79CMPiper PA-60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841029076299I
- Case key
- 31274
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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 acft swerved left off the rwy during the landing roll. An exam of the left main landing gear strut revealed that the collar had failed permitting the lower portion of the landing gear strut to shift. The shift was transmitted tothe tire causing it to fail. According to a metallurgist's report, the major portion of the collar fracture appeared typical of an overstress shear separation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79CM
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60-009
- Airframe hours
- 2,934
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-G1B5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Top Flight Air Service, doing business as Check Air
- Registered owner
- Garnet E. Norwood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 24, 1984 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- JAX · Jacksonville, FL
- Airport
- JAX · Jacksonville Int'L, runway 31, 7,700 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,935 total · 730 in this make and model · 2,780 as pilot in command · 371 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX
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 N79CM · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.