- Date
- July 8, 1989, 09:38 local (13:38 UTC)
- Place
- Naples, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8422YPiper PA-34-220T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890708021199I
- Case key
- 32334
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Probable cause
Left main gear collapsed due to poor maintenance.
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 touched down & the left main gear collapsed. Investigation revealed no worn or improper parts, but the gear was 'extremely dry' of lubricant. After the gear was lubed, the gear performed normally. The acft had about 11 months & 152 hrs since the last annual insp.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8422Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-220T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 348133213
- Airframe hours
- 2,542
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-KB, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roth, Jon B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 18, 1988 · 152 hours before
- Departed
- FXE · Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport
- APF · Naples, runway 4, 5,000 × 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,763 total · 244 in this make and model · 1,677 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.