- Date
- April 4, 1990, 12:02 local (17:02 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2078BPiper PA-32RT-300T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900404007549A
- Case key
- 32645
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper compensation for the cross-wind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
After touchdown with a crosswind from the rt at 9 KTS, the rt main & nose landing gears collapsed. According to the FAA inspector who examined the acft, the failures were due to overload.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2078B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32RT-300T (PA-32RT-30)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7987022
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Cottingham, Michael P
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- PIB · Laurel, MS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HKS · Hawkins Field, runway 16, 5,385 × 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,562 total · 16 in this make and model · 1,363 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- JAN, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.