- Date
- December 19, 1982, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sullivan, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N39487Piper PA-32RT
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821219064579A
- Case key
- 72753
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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.
Undershoot
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Distance - misjudgedCause
Complete gear collapsed
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Landing gear,main gear - failure,total
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Landing gear,nose gear - failure,total
Analysis
Aircraft landed short of runway and collapsed right main landing gear. As aircraft slid into some brush the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39487
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32RT
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R7887095
- Airframe hours
- 1,442
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles L. Labarge
- Registered owner
- Charles L. Labarge
- Departed
- H62 · Sullivan, MO
- Destination
- H62 · Sullivan, MO
- Airport
- H62 · Sullivan Mem, runway 24, 2,100 × 45 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,963 total · 1,163 in this make and model · 1,747 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 104 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VIH, 30 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.