- Date
- September 16, 1987, 03:32 local (07:32 UTC)
- Place
- W.Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9784QPiper PA-60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870916066019I
- Case key
- 31803
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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 plt stated that on landing after rolling about 1000 ft. the scissors on the right main landing gear strut disconnected causing the wheel assembly to rotate & skid. He then applied heavy left brake to keep the acft straight on the runway, but the main gear collapsed & the acft slid to a stop. Post crash examination of the landing gear revealed that the right main landing gear link failed causing the wheel to rotate 90 degrees, subsequently collapsing the main gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9784Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60416143
- Airframe hours
- 5,670
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-KIFS, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Top Flight Service,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Top Flight Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 8, 1987 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PBI · Palm Beach Int'L, runway 9L, 7,991 × 150 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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,251 total · 306 in this make and model · 2,137 as pilot in command · 185 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI
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 N9784Q · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.