- Date
- March 26, 1986, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Salem, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2889MPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860326010989A
- Case key
- 34151
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - overload
Flare - improperCause
Analysis
The acft was landing on a 2,050 by 100 ft asphalt rwy. The plt said the touchdown was not hard but not smooth. The acft traveled about 300 ft after touchdown before the r MLG collapsed. The broken parts which were removed from the landing gear assembly were examined by the operator and no evidence of pre-accident damage was noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2889M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-780099
- Airframe hours
- 2,447
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Evac Ems, Inc.
- Registered owner
- J.W. Phillip, Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 2, 1985 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- H63 · West Plains, MO
- Airport
- 7M9 · Salem, runway 20, 2,500 × 30 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,689 total · 28 in this make and model · 28 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.