- Date
- March 25, 1984, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oelwein, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2128PPiper PA-23-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840325026029A
- Case key
- 33658
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Checklist - not followedCause
Analysis
The acft landed gear up. The pilot said he was distracted by the call of another acft on unicum & began looking for thatacft in or near the traffic pattern.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2128P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-719
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-AIA, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dr. H. C. Hallberg, doing business as Hallberg Enterprises, Inc
- Registered owner
- Dr. Harold C. Hallberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 31, 1983 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- 0K9 · Oelwein, IA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,553 total · 601 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALO, 20 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.