- Date
- December 31, 1983, 15:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Trenton, NE
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2082YPiper PA-28RT-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831231072109I
- Case key
- 33572
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Analysis
During a precautionary landing due to a partial power loss the acft nose gear failed after colliding with a snow bank. The no. 6 cylinder wall was found broken.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2082Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201T (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28F-7931143
- Airframe hours
- 1,176
- Engine
- Continental TSIP-360-FB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Holzmeister Aviation
- Registered owner
- Leon O. Klotz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 14, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- RAP · Rapid City, SD
- Destination
- K74 · Oakley, KS
- Airport
- 9V2 · Municpal
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,143 total · 3,227 in this make and model · 3,102 as pilot in command · 123 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBF, 45 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.
Other investigations on N2082Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.