- Date
- April 16, 1984, 13:48 local (19:48 UTC)
- Place
- Little Rock, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3300APiper PA-22-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840416022839A
- Case key
- 33667
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
In-flight planning/decision - inadequateCause
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear attachment - overloadFactor
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Analysis
The acft swerved during landing in a x-wind and the right main gear collapsed. The plt said he slipped the acft to lose altitude to land and did not get a 'feel' for the wind direction as a result.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3300A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1583
- Airframe hours
- 3,954
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-DZ, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Douglas R. Beechel
- Registered owner
- 7bcm-Pa-20 Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 11, 1984
- Departed
- 6M2 · Horseshoe Bend, AR
- Airport
- LIT · Adams, runway 36, 5,125 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 966 total · 301 in this make and model · 301 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Observed at
- LIT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.