- Date
- January 24, 1986, 16:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Melbourne, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2947UPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860124001239A
- Case key
- 31570
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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
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Nose gear collapsed
Analysis
The plt stated that on his landing rollout he lost control of the acft & veered off the left side of rwy 9L collapsing the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2947U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7940226
- Airframe hours
- 1,608
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- C. Foster Wright
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 23, 1986
- Departed
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Airport
- MLB · Melbourne Regional, runway 9, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
N2947URegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 107 total · 47 in this make and model · 44 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 14 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.