- Date
- August 23, 1986, 14:19 local (19:19 UTC)
- Place
- Hope, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7625YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860823042059A
- Case key
- 34237
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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.
Gear collapsed
Gear retraction - inadvertentCause
Supervision - inadequateFactor
Analysis
The CFI stated that the landing gear collpased during landing roll as he raised the flaps. The student, a commercial plt, was applying power for a touch and go at the time. Post accident examination of the landing gear system failed to disclose any failure/malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7625Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-699
- Airframe hours
- 1,849
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hornbeck Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 1986
- Departed
- Texarkana, AR
- Airport
- M18 · Municipal, runway 16, 5,500 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,647 total · 33 in this make and model · 2,514 as pilot in command · 121 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.