# NTSB MKC83LA095: Piper PA-30, N8301Y, Springfield, MO, April 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 27, 1983, 10:32 local (15:32 UTC)
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Location: 37.2457° N, 93.3886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPRINGFIELD-BRANSON NTL (SGF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2457&lon=-93.3886&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33400
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA095
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33400/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA095

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, dual student (cause)
  - climb - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING ROLL. THIS WAS TO BE A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AND THE STUDENT HAD JUST RAISED THE FLAPS IN PREPARATION FOR TAKEOFF. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE STUDENT PILOT MOVED THE GEAR HANDLE UP AND DOWN AND THE GEAR RETRACTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8301Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8301Y-2008-02-21), registration cancelled 2008-02-21, S/N 30-1440, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 301440
- Airframe hours: 4600
- Engines: LYCOMING IO 320-B1A 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Don Kordalis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 31, 1983, 12 hours before
- Departed: SGF, SPRINGFIELD, MO
- Flight plan: Military VFR
- Airport: SGF, Springfield Regional, runway 19, 7,003 × 150 ft

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 11,945 total, 416 in this make and model, 11,755 as pilot in command, 110 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SGF

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830427016509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830427016509A), Apr 27, 1983: Piper PA30, Springfield, MO, Substantial damage. Multiengine student pilot pulled gear up during landing roll.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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