# NTSB MKC83LA121: Piper PA-34-200T, N69CZ, Chesterfield, MO, June 3, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 3, 1983, 17:11 local (22:11 UTC)
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Coordinates: 38.650619, -90.530143 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6506&lon=-90.5301&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33417
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA121
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33417/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA121

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,tire - no pressure (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT SWERVED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO SOFT TERRAIN AND COLLAPSED THE MAIN GEAR DURING LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE AFTER WHICH THE LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE ACFT SWERVED OFF THE RUNWAY. EXAMINATION OF THE TIRE AFTER THE ACCIDENT SHOWED THE TIRE WAS FLAT BUT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A BLOWOUT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N69CZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 347670305
- Airframe hours: 680
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360E 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bernard H. Trachtman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, October 28, 1982, 37 hours before
- Departed: ICT, WICHITA, KS
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SUS, Spirit Of St. Louis, runway 25, 6,008 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,411 total, 405 in this make and model, 2,325 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SUS

## 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 19830603022829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830603022829A), Jun 3, 1983: Piper PA34200T, Chesterfield, MO, Substantial damage. Left main tire went flat on landing. Aircraft left the runway into soft ground and severed the left main gear.

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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