- Date
- November 16, 1983, 08:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Millard, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8229APiper PA-32RT-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831116057539A
- Case key
- 33590
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During arrival from vfr-on-top, the plt was given radar vectors for the NDB apch. The plt stated that he was in the clouds during the apch for only about 5 to 8 min. He reported that aprx 1/2 mi out on final apch, the nose became progressively heavy and the airspeed gage was indicating 90 KTS. A go-around was started. Reportedly, the airspeed increased to 92 KTS, but the nose pitched further down. Subsequently, the acft touched down hard, nosewheel first, bounced & struck the rwy. The nosewheel collapsed during the landing & the acft came to rest just off the rwy. Reportedly, prx 1/8 inch of ice accumulation was found on the leading edges of the wings. An investigation revealed no flt control problems. The plt believed that ice had accumulated on the pitot tube. He stated that the pitot head was slow to heat after the accident. According to him, the acft acted like it was flying at only 75 to 80 KTS when it touched down hard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8229A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32RT-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7987045
- Airframe hours
- 1,051
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- General Novelty
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 22, 1983 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- DSM · Des Moines, IA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MLE · Millard, runway 12, 3,800 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,500 total · 353 in this make and model · 15,320 as pilot in command · 225 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OMA, 17 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.