- Date
- November 18, 1983, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kearney, NE
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8169CPiper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831118059229A
- Case key
- 33596
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing roll, the plt held the nosewheel off while slowing down, and used right rudder to compensate for a reported x-wind condition. As soon as the nosewheel touched down, the acft veered to the right. It went off the right side of the rwy, the nosewheel hit a rwy light & the nose gear collapsed. The plt also reported a tailwindcondition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8169C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301 (PA-32-201)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8006016
- Airframe hours
- 470
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540K1GS, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Commercial Electric Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1983
- Departed
- STL · St. Louis, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- EAR · Municipal, runway 36, 7,092 × 150 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,210 total · 800 in this make and model · 2,210 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
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 N8169C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.