# NTSB MKC86LA075: Piper PA-34-200T, N2889M, Salem, AR, March 26, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 26, 1986, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Salem, AR
- Coordinates: 36.369659, -91.820259 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3697&lon=-91.8203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34151
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA075
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34151/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA075

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - overload
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-780099
- Airframe hours: 2447
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860326010989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860326010989A), Mar 26, 1986: Piper PA34200T, Salem, AR, Substantial damage. Right main landing gear collapsed after a hard landing. Pilots medical had expired. Not qualified for air taxi.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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