- Date
- December 22, 1982, 10:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- Lee'S Summit, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1961APiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821222064959A
- Case key
- 71407
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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 student pilot was on a supervised solo flight in a tail wheel equipped aircraft. The instructor pilot was observing from about 300 ft from the touchdown point. He stated that the plane touched down hard, bounced and turned to the left. The right main gear hit a depression and collapsed as the plane veered off the runway. The wind was reported as light and variable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1961A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-878
- Airframe hours
- 878
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Julius C. Malsby
- Registered owner
- Julius C. Malsby
- Departed
- K84 · Lee'S Summit, MO
- Destination
- K84 · Lee'S Summit, MO
- Airport
- K84 · Macomas-Lees Summit Muni, runway 18, 3,000 × 60 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 45 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.