- Date
- April 29, 1985, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Peculiar, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8943YPiper PA-39
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850429015199A
- Case key
- 33935
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Analysis
During the landing roll at the plt's pvt air strip with a runway consisting of wet sod, the brakes were applied to stop the acft. The braking was ineffective and the acft departed the side of the runway. After departing the runway the main gear and nose gear collapsed. The acft suffered substantial damage in the ensuing gear collapse.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8943Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-39
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 39-104
- Airframe hours
- 2,176
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard B. West
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GAG · Gage, OK
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,730 total · 484 in this make and model · 3,658 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.