- Date
- October 31, 1987, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sarasota, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2746QPiper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871031067399A
- Case key
- 32088
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg arrival, while being transferred from tampa apch ctl to twr ctl, the plt was clrd to lnd on rwy 14. Bfr lndg, he was adzd the wind was fm 070 deg at 15 KTS. Rwy 4 was available, but it was not suggested by the twr ctlr or reqd by the plt. The plt stated that drg the lndg, the acft enctrd a strong gust of wind & touched down hard. Subsequently, it went off the rgt side of the rwy into a grass area & was damaged. Drg the occurrence, the nose & rgt main gear failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2746Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7703075
- Airframe hours
- 1,622
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB1, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alfred Gamble
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 12, 1987 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- Montgomery, AL
- Airport
- SRQ · Sarasota-Bradenton, runway 14, 7,003 × 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,650 total · 750 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.