- Date
- May 28, 1986, 07:27 local (12:27 UTC)
- Place
- Olathe, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1581XPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860528046369A
- Case key
- 34185
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a takeoff roll fm johnson county executive airport, the PIC stated that the left landing gear collapsed and the aircraft impacted the rwy and veered off into soft terrain. Inspection revealed that when electrical power was initiated and the gear switch was in the down posn, the gear retracted. Repeated attempts after the first test could not duplicate this situation. The PIC stated that just before rotation the gear collasped. In both instances the squat switch was not engaged. The PIC stated there were only normal gear down and locked indications in the cockpit prior to main gear collapse.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1581X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7570299
- Airframe hours
- 950
- Engine
- Continental TS10-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Armstrong Aviation Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1986
- Departed
- OJC · Olathe, KS
- Destination
- H33 · Iola, KS
- Airport
- OJC · Johnson County Executive, runway 35, 4,099 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,602 total · 902 in this make and model · 4,500 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Observed at
- OJC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.