- Date
- March 5, 1987, 19:25 local (Mar 6, 1987, 01:25 UTC)
- Place
- Kimball, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5553PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870305004549A
- Case key
- 34346
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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.
Analysis
The PIC rptd landing rwy 10 with a wnd fm 080 at 7 KTS. The acft began veering left and ran through a snow bank which bordered the rwy. The left main landing gear collapsed and the acft spun around 180 deg stopping tail first. Insp of the landing gear noted an overload of the gear locking mechanism.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5553P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-617
- Airframe hours
- 3,944
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald J. Gerner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 11, 1986
- Departed
- Kimall, NE
- Airport
- IBM · Kimball Muni, runway 10, 6,200 × 75 ft, snow
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 1 in this make and model · 999 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFF, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.